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Children's Meetings 



HOW TO CONDUCT THEM, 



WITH LESSONS, OUTLINES, DIAGRAMS, MUSIC AND 
HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS. 



LUCY J. RIDER AND NELLIE H. CARMAN, 

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Assisted by many well-known Writers. 



INTRODUCTION BY 
KEY. J. II. VINCENT, D. 



CHICAGO : 

F. II. Revell, 148 & 150 Madison Street. 

Publisher of Evangelical Literature, 




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The Library 
of Congress 

washington 



COPYRIGHT 

1883. 
By F. H. REVELL. 



TWO MOTHERS, 

IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF EARLY LESSONS, 

AND 

TO ALL 

WHO ARE TRYING TO LEAD THE CHILDREN 

TO JESUS, AND TRAIN THEM FOR 

HIS SERVICE, 

WE DEDICATE THIS LITTLE BOOK. 



flG^NOWLEDGMBNT. 



Our grateful acknowledgments are due, and our 
thanks are most heartily tendered, to the kind friends 
named below, without whose prompt and generous help 
the preparation of this book would hardly have been 
undertaken. They have heard the voice of the Shepherd 
saying "Feed my Lambs!" May that Great Shepherd 
himself abundantly reward them. 



Rev. J. H. Vincent, D, D. 

H. R. Faliner. 

Rev. David R. Breed. 

Mrs. G. R. Alden, ('Pansy''). 

Knox P. Taylor. 

A. S. Carman. 
Mrs. V. J. Kent. 
J. C. C. 

W. B. Jacobs. 
Rev. J. G. Merrill. 

B. F. Jacobs. 

Mrs. S. M. I. Henry. 
Rev. W. F. Crafts. 
Mrs. TV. F. Crafts. 
MaryG. Burdette. 
Mrs. C. M. Harris. 
W. H. Doane. 
Philip Phillips. 
Miss Julia A. Johnston. 
John J. Hood. 

C. H. Whiting. 



Mrs. Emily Huntington Miller. 

Carrie B. Reynolds. 

Mrs. J. F. Willing. 

Martha Van Marter. 

Mary A. Eathbury. 

Frances E. Willard. 

Mrs. A. P. Graves. 

». P. Ward. 

Prof. C. W. Jerome. 

Rev. T. P. Marsh. 

Mrs. Alice W. Knox. 

Rev. E. D. Rundell. 

Mrs. Annie Downie. 

Mrs. J. E. Foster. 

Rev. A. F. Schauffler. 

Mrs. Geo. R. Partridge 

Messrs. Biglow and Main. 

Prof. E. O. Excell. 

Miss Emma "Wright. 

Miss Emma F. Parsons. 

Rev. I, Baltzell. 



Contents. 



Title Page, 

Copyright, 

Dedicatory Page, 

Acknowledgment, 

Contents, 

Introduction, 
CHAPTER I. 
CHAPTER II. 
CHAPTER III. 
CHAPTER IV. 
CHAPTER V. 
CHAPTER VI. 
CHAPTER VII. 

The Little King, 

Finding, _...... 

Envy, - Adapted from Mrs. G. R. Alden, ("Pansy"). 

The Christian Farmer, - - - J. C. C. 

The Hand of Faith, - - - A. S. Carman. 

The Book of Life, - - Mrs. V. J. Kent. 

Finding Rest, - - ... 

Conversion, ._.._- 

CHAPTER VIII. Sermons for Children. 



Page. 
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3 



Rev. J. H. Vincent, D. D. 
God's Call to Work, 
From Our Note Books, 
Training Christian Children, 
Normal Lessons, 
Heaven, (An Outline Filled Up.) 
Outlines on the Lord's Prayer, - 
Outlines, ----- 
Rev. David R. Breed. 



The Loving Invitation, 
The Woman who was Bent Double, 
Death, 

God Thinking About us, 
Naaman, 

Sin and its Remedy, 
The Weather, 
CHAPTER IX. Outlines. 
Salt, - - 

• A Little Cake, - 



W. 

w. 

Rev. J. 
Rev 



B. Jacobs. 

. B. Jacobs. 

. G. Merrill. 

. W. F. Crafts. 

W. B. Jacobs. 

Mrs. S. M- I. Henry. 

Rev. J. G. Merrill. 

Marv G. Burdette. 



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Knox P. Taylor. 

An-, by Rev. A. F. Schauffler. 

- After Mrs. S. M. I. Henry. 

Martha Van Marter. 

- Mrs. J. F. Willing. 

Carrie B. Reynolds. 

B. F. Jacobs. 

Rev. W. F. Crafts. 

Prof. C. W.Jerome. 

Mrs. W. F. Crafts. 

A. S. Carman. 

Mrs. George R. Partridge. 

Mrs. C. M. Harris. 

Knox P. Taylor. 



The Vine and its Branches. 

The Candle Sermon, 

The Two Cups, 

Bible Temperance Lesson, 

Being Converted, 

Walking Christians, 
CHAPTER X. Outlines. 

The Bible Boy's Crown, 

The Whole Armor, - 

Acrostics, 

The Rebellious City, 

First Fi uits, 

The Widow's Son, - 

The S. S. Scholar's Responsibility 

Lessons from the Magnet, 
CHAPTER XI. Outlines on the Beatitudes. 
CHAPTER XII. Outlines. 

A Robe of Righteousness, 

Sowing and Reaping, .... 

Water, ..... 

The Master is Come and Calleth for Thee, 

The Promises, .... 

The Judgment, ..... 

Loaves and Fishes, - 

Charcoal, - - 
CHAPTER XIII. Outlines. 

The First Missionaries, - Mrs. G 

Bible Missionary Lesson, 

Missionaries, 

Idols, .... 

Consider the Lilies, 

Wheat and Chaff, - 

The Christian a Tree, - 

The Telephone, 

Prohibition, 

A Ladder to Ruin, - 



Rev. 
Rev. 



E. D. Rundell. 
E. D. Rundell. 



R. Alden, ("Pansy"). 
Mrs. Alice W. Knox. 
Mrs. Annie Downey. 



Mary G. Burdette. 

Mary G. Burdette. 

J. C. C. 

- N. M. C. 

Mrs. J E. Foster. 

Prof. C. W. Jerome. 



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CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XIV. Outlines. .... 
Fight the Good Fight, Mrs. Emily Huntington Mil 



A Temperance Lesson, 

Prayer, 

A Treasure Box, 

Which Way? 

Five Fingers, 

Witnessing, - 

Room for Jesus, 

The Hand, - - - 

Webs, - - R. Used by per 

Crowns, .... 

One Boy's Experience, - 

Suggestive Program, 
CHAPTER XV. Lessons ix Brief. 
CHAPTER XVI. 

Pattern Pages, 

Music, .... 



Frances E. Willard. 

Mrs. A. P. Graves. 

Mary A. Lathbury. 

Rev. David R. Breed. 

D. P. Ward. 

Carrie B. Reynolds. 

of Dr. I H. Vincent. 

B. F. J. 

- Rev. T. P. Marsh. 



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Index op Qusig. 



Pago. 
Angry Words, - - 194 

Dear Savior, Ever at my Side 204 
Follow Me, --- 202 

Happy Land, - - - 183 
Happy Little Children, - 197 

I do Believe, - - - 187 
If I Come to Jesus, - 198 

I'm but a Vouthf ul Pilgrim, 193 
I Want to be With Jesus, 190 
I was lost, a Little Lamb, 195 
I will Sing for Jesus, - 184 

I Will Tell Jesus, - - 186 
Jesus Bids us Shine, - 206 



Page 

Jesus Knows, - • -185 

Jesus Loves Me, - - 191 

Little Ones Like Me, - 203 
Little Travellers Z ion ward, 200 

Never be Afraid, - - 196 

Prayer for Closing, - 207 

Sailing o'er the Sea, - 192 

Singing as we Journey, - 201 

Sweet Story, - - - 188 

The Lord Bless Thee, - 206 

The Royal Proclamation, - 205 

These Two Little Eyes, - 199 

Thou art My Shepherd, - 189 



I N m^ O D U G IP I N . 



BY J H. VINCENT, D. D. 



The children of to-day are the society, the church and 
the nation of to-morrow. The prattler at your side whose 
sweet mispronunciations charm you, will soon with keen 
discrimination and ample vocabulary, give tone and ten- 
dency to the parlor. The boy with his whip and the girl 
with her doll will before long rule real factors in church 
and State, and train real lives for the weal or woe of the 
nation. See the coining mother in that little old-fashioned 
darling, rocking her baby to sleep, and humming the lulla- 
by tunes which so recently sounded in her own ears! See 
the voter, the orator, the merchant, the banker, the editor, 
the senator, in the stout youngster with bootlegs outside his 
trousers, and uncombed head crowned with torn and twist- 
ed cap. Music and oratory, enterprise and money„railroad 
schemes and political devices, power — social, religious, com- 
mercial and educational, lie all unfashioned and undirected 
in the little brains and muscles and hearts of the children 
around you. 

How shall all this power be directed ? There is a prob- 
lem. Take time to ponder it, and be not too sure at any 
time that you have found a solution. Moral beings, under 
the mysterious law of freedom and responsibility, are not 
like "plastic clay," as the poets sing. There is no fixed 
law of intellectual and spiritual dynamics which may be 
counted upon as you inake your estimates of cause and 



INTRODUCTION. 



effect, and of force and motion. The children are not 
"sheets of white paper," to be written on and filled out as 
one may choose. They are not receptive canvas ready for 
line and color according to the artist's will. There is a 
half-truth in all this usual rhetoric, about the susceptibility 
and pliability of childhood. And half-truths are dangerous 
things. In fact children continually disappoint us. Out of 
hot-beds of taste and culture and religion spring many 
strange plants; and lilies fair and fragrant, are found with 
their roots in foulest places from which we had expected 
no good thing. 

These things are not said to deny the general law of 
like from like, nor to discourage the endeavors of devout 
and prudent souls who work diligently in the beginning 
that the end may be approved; bat to remind mothers and 
fathers and teachers that there are manifold forces at work 
while they are at work, and that some of these forces are 
antagonistic and wayward, and even malignant. There is 
a joowerof self-movement in the plastic clay. Your mold- 
ing touch may meet resisting and unyielding masses of 
moral qualities. The canvas is not receptive. Its texture 
has an active energy of color in it which sometimes defies 
all your combinations. Green grows gray, and the blue of 
the sky on your obedient brush turns into the blackest 
blackness in your picture. And it is through no fault of 
yours. But count not too much on effects in character 
through applications you may attempt. Hold the "sheet 
of white paper" to the light or warm it by certain fires and 
you will weep to see your fixed theory of first impressions 
blotted out by blood and texture. 

Shall, we, therefore, cease our efforts to fashion early 
character? Nay, verily, rather let us redouble our efforts. 
But remember the clay, the canvas, and the paper; and re- 



INTRODUCTION. 



member the unaccountable and insidious, and invisible pow- 
ers that are at work before you, with you, after you, and 
against you. Don't trust too much to what you do or say. 
Go on doing and saying in wisest way, but trust the invisi- 
ble and divine powers that work for you rather than the 
work you carry on. And don't be discouraged at the fail- 
ures. Don't deny the radical and far-reaching law of char- 
acter because, for the time, you are disappointed in results. 
Work and work, but also wait and — trust! 

Of necessity, much work done for children, by good and 
well-meaning people, will seem like wasted work. But in 
every department of God's church there is much apparent 
waste. In reality, however, there is less loss than casual 
observers or over-sensitive critics imagine. 

Let- us conduct well the work we attempt, that it may 
avoid as far as possible all mistakes. Let not our work be 
weak and irrational; let it not lack what children most 
appreciate — good common sense; let it not be based on 
false ideas of the child's intellectual capacity, of his pre- 
conceived notions, of his state of development, of his tastes 
and needs and desires; let it not overvalue his transient 
emotions; let it not confound natural conditions and effects 
with spiritual illuminations and impulses. And let us 
remember that all treatment of childhood based on such 
misapprehensions will work evil instead of good, and this in 
spite of the sincere motives of the instructors. 

But, on the other hand, let us not allow solicitude about 
the dangers which encompass the peculiar service to which 
we are here called, to discourage us from entering upon its 
duties. Better that a few seeds go on rock and wayside, 
into thorny thickets or superficial soil, than that no seed at 
all goes into good ground. Let not our solicitude about 



1XTK0DUCTI0N. 



" wisdom " be used by the subtle enemy of souls to defeat 
all efforts for souls. 

I welcome this help as designed to increase the wisdom 
and resources of parents and teachers. I could not expect to 
endorse all the devices, directions or models of a book 
drawing upon such a number and variety of authorities as 
does the present volume, but in it will be found many 
suggestions, many models and manifold material. 

May the spirit of God be in the wheels! 
New York, March, 18S4. 



GOD'S "CALL" TO WORK. 13 



CHAPTER I. 



GOD'S "CALL" TO WORK. 

Once in a city court, a very small man was puslrng his way through the 
crowd. Someone sternly inquired, "What are you pushing for?" "Why,' was 
the instant answer, "did you not hear? lam called!'^ Instantly all made way. 
Just so when the Redeemer wants yen. Stand away, devils; stand away, doubts; 
stand away, fears ; stand away, angels— everybody ! Christ calls me. Stand 
away! "I am called! " B. F. Jacobs. 

Every one of God's children is called to some special 
work. A call into the Kingdom means a call into the 
Harvest-Field. The House-Holder taking a far journey 
gave "to every man his work.' The Master, who looked 
at the fainting and scattered multitude and turned in an 
agony of compassion to those who prayed, saying, " Pray 
ye therefore the Lord of the harvest that He will send 
forth laborers into His harvest," will find room in the 
harvest-field for the humblest of His servants, and work 
for the weakest and most unskillful hand. 

" You have never heard His call to you ?" Have you 
ever listened for it ? Listen a moment. Lift your heart 
and thought to God as you read these words. You may 
hear it now. There is many a sweet word from God that 
the ears that do not listen never catch. A call to labor 
among the children would indeed be a sweet word, for it 
is especially true that he that soweth here "receiveth 
wages." 

There are three things by which we may determine 
whether we are called of God to a particular work or not : 



14 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 

ist. Ability, 2nd. Opportunity, 3rd. Authority, And 
by authority I mean the voice of God to the soul saying 
"Go — work." We do not always recognize the three as 
being all present with us at once, even in case of a true 
Call, but the presence of a single one should arouse our 
attention and make us inquire diligently whether God 
has not for us the other two also. Neither is there any 
fixed order in their coming. Many a man has had God's 
authority to devote his life to the ministry — the inward 
"Go!" which he knows perfectly, means "Woe" to him if 
he "preach not the Gospel" — when neither ability nor op- 
portunity is present. In such cases both ability (though 
sometimes by long training) and opportunity will come. 
God never gives man Authority for a work unless there 
is a work to be done (Opportunity), and the man can do 
it. (Ability.) But Authority may not be the first thing 
to fix the eye and mind of a person. It may be oppor- 
tunity. And this is especially true in the more uncom- 
mon lines of work. Doubtless Robert Raikes felt no 
special call in the way of Authority to gather the misera- 
ble children from the streets of Gloucester into his first 
germ of a Sunday School. His call came Opportunity- 
end foremost. And though he little dreamed how great 
a fire he was kindling, will not millions of redeemed souls 
rise up in the last day and call him blessed, because he 
recognized and met his opportunity. 

Let me give you a more recent case. A lady in one 
of our western towns gathered about her week by week, 
a few little ones for a children's meeting. Less than a 
dozen in all, it was a very little thing, and as the weeks 
and months rolled by, it still seemed a little thing. But 
nothing is little with God. The year rolled around. The 



GOD'S- CALL" TO WORK. 



children were taught not only to "love Jesus" and to 
"be good," but to reckon themselves as Christians, and to 
work for Christ in talking to others about Jesus, and 
praying earnestly for them. And they did talk, with all 
the directness and simplicity of childhood — it is so easy 
and natural for a child to talk about religion ! They did 
pray with all the mighty faith of childhood; and the 
Spirit of God, by means of their work, shook the whole 
town from center to circumference. It was called a " gos- 
pel hardened " place, but it was not hard enough to bear 
unmoved the gospel from the lips of the children. Young 
men who had been thinking of anything but religion, and 
young ladies deep in the frivolities of the world, came 
seeking salvation when they saw the little ones pressing 
on before them, and even the gray-haired came late to 
the kingdom led by the hand of " a little child." Reader, 
could you not make a beginning of work, as great as the 
beginning of the work just described? Could you not 
gather about you a few little children week by week, in- 
structing them more personally than it is possible to do 
in the Sunday school in the things of the Kingdom, 
teaching them to pray and praying with them, and send- 
ing them out, willing laborers as they are, to active work 
for the Master ? Such a door of Opportunity may be 
low, but it is golden. If it opens before you look up to 
God for Authority. Listen for His voice. 

"Ah, but," perhaps you say, "the third test of the 
call surely fails in my case. I have n't the Ability. I can 
not do it. I can't talk to children. " But have you tried ? 
Surely, if God calls, he " will be with your mouth." — "And 
I haven't time with all the calls of society." But surely 
you do not mean that the calls of society, however legiti- 



CHILDREN'S MEE TINGS. 



mate and urgent, can rival God's Call? — "And my sew- 
ing." But the extra sewing might be left undone. Bet- 
ter an hour spent in adorning the soul of a child than 
the skirt of a dress. Or the one could be intrusted to 
hired hands more safely than the other.— "And it would re- 
quire so much training ! " But that is one of the greatest 
blessings of a Call to work. It always means a call to 
preparation for work. No, no ! None of these objections 
settle the question about ability. Have you tried to 
use what ability you have? Have you put your one tal- 
ent "to the exchangers?" Remember, the unfaithful 
servant was condemned not for wasting or misappropriat- 
ing his talent, but for simply neglecting it. It was not 
enough to bury it in the earth, even though it was de- 
cently wrapped in a napkin and safely kept. A man is 
not eager to say in lines of worldly work "I can not do 
it." Look within, honestly, for Ability; look around, 
eagerly, for Opportunity; look up, earnestly, for Authority; 
and though it may be but to gather about you a few little 
children — a little door — who can tell what glorious gate- 
ways and broad fields of usefulness may lie beyond! 
Who can tell what God may do ? " It may be that the 
Lord will work for" you, " for there is no restraint to the 
Lord, to save by many or by few," 



FROM OUR NOTE BOOKS. 17 



CHAPTER II. 

FROM OUR NOTE BOOKS. 

HOW TO GATHER THE CLASS. 

This will usually be an easy matter; the very novelty 
of a "Children's Meeting" will generally attract. Or 
bright, illuminated cards may be handed or sent to the 
children with a scripture text on one side and the invita- 
tion to the meeting printed or written on the other. 
Or the parents may be visited and asked to send their 
children. Most parents, whether Christians or not, will 
cordially accede to such a request, while the opportunity 
will be excellent for personal work in the families visited. 
Do not be deterred from undertaking the Meeting, even 
if only a small beginning can be made. If possible, find 
a few converted children and impress on them their re- 
sponsibility for their unsaved companions. It is a good 
plan to interest the boys first, and thereby insure their 
attendance and co-operation in the meetings. The ages 
of the members usually range from six to fourteen years. 
HOW TO KEEP THE CLASS. 

Feed them. Little lambs, as well as the older sheep, 
linger around the places where they are fed. Give them 
food from the Bible, food from your own experience, 
food prepared for them by honest effort and earnest 
thought. Charming stories, beautiful pictures, sweet 



CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 



songs — these are all excellent and valuable as condiments, 
but nothing of this kind — nor of any other kind— will 
take the place of food. Yet the food should be made 
simple and palatable, and served up as attractively as 
possible. Then, too, if by means of the teaching, chil- 
dren can only be converted and actively interested in 
work for others, there will be little fear of their neglect- 
ing the Meetings. Some wise man says about attend- 
ance at Sunday school — and it is quite in point here — 
" Boys and girls leave the Sunday school at fourteen be- 
cause they are not converted at thirteen." 
THE ROOM. 
A room in the church will perhaps be available. But 
some not-over-nice room of a private house may be more 
convenient and home-like. 

FURNITURE. 

The brighter and pleasanter the room is the better, 
but the only furniture positively necessary is comfortable 
chairs or seats, and a blackboard, or some substitute for 
a blackboard. A sheet of common light brown wrapping 
paper, with a half-burned wood coal, or oil crayon or 
charcoal pencil (cost five or ten cents) answers admirably 
for object and analytical work, and a large slate with 
white crayon or even note books in the hands of the class 
often serve valuable ends. 

MAPS. 

These will be found very useful in historical lessons. 
If no wall maps can be had, or even if they can, draw a 
map on the board, or ask the children to bring their own 
geographies from school, and in them locate the places 
mentioned. 



FROM OUR NOTE BOOKS. 19 



CONNECTED LESSONS, 
for a series of meetings are earnestly recommended. As 
an example we have given the series on the Lord's Prayer, 
in the Outlines also the Normal Lessons and the 
series on the Beatitudes. Such connection, in historical 
lessons carried on from week to week, seems almost 
essential. 

PROGRAMS— DEFINITE NUMBER OF MEETINGS. 

Programs or lesson-lists, attractively printed, or — if 
the class is not too large — written, are within the reach 
of most leaders. Use papyrograph or electric pen, or 
buy medium sized illuminated cards and write, or print 
with pen, compactly on the back of each card, the subjects 
of the lessons for a month or term. (See page — .) Chil- 
dren should take these home, where they will be a re- 
minder to both parent and child. The advantages of a 
definite and limited course are sometimes very great 
Children will often attend a course of eight or ten les- 
sons, the subjects of which they are able to carry home on 
a card, when they would not attend an indefinite " Meet- 
ing." And the work of the Leader may be none the less 
continuous and effective, for one course may follow an- 
other with little or no intermission. 

ORDER OF EXERCISES. 

The following order of exercises is suggested. It has 
been found practical in some classes, but in particular 
cases may need to be modified : 

Prayer. Recitation of Scripture Texts. Roll-call. 
Lesson. Prayer. Testimonies. Prayers by the Chil- 
dren. Singing, interspersed as desired. 



CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 



Prayer. 

Testimonies. 

Prayers by the Children. 

Singing may be interspersed as desired. 

Recitation of Scripture Texts. Let every child be pre- 
pared with a Scripture text to repeat at each meeting. The 
benefits of this are obvious; familiarity with Scripture, a 
sense of "helping" in the meeting, etc. In some cases the 
children give chapter and verse with their texts. 

The Roll-call — Bible-reading. The Roll should 
embrace the names of all who have promised regular 
attendance upon the meetings. Do not neglect your 
opportunity of training the children in the habitual read- 
ing of the Bible. All who have read the Bible every day 
in the week, or, if too young to read, have repeated a 
verse after some older person, each day, might report 
" perfect " at roll-call. 

The Lesson. Let the lesson be simple and pointed, 
making practical application of the truths, to both the 
Christians and the unconverted. We earnestly recom- 
mend the use of the blackboard, if only for writing out- 
lines of the lessons. 

Testimonies. After the lesson and prayer, call for tes- 
timonies from the Christian children, if there are such in the 
class. Valuable training may be given the children in this 
meeting, so that they will be able to speak on a Scripture 
subject, and will not give a repetition of former testimonies. 

Or have them report on their progress during the 
week, especially their efforts to lead others to Jesus. 
Christian children are often able to do the best kind of 
personal work, and all such efforts should be recognized 
and encouraged, as well as directed, by older Christians. 



FROM OUR NOTE BOOK'S. 21 

Prayers. At close of the testimonies, give oppor- 
tunity to the unconverted to ask for prayers, as in other 
meetings. Then call for short, specific prayers from the 
Christians, and, perhaps, sometimes from the inquirers 
themselves. Thus their simplicity and child-faith will be 
turned to good account, and, with the Spirit's blessing, many 
young lives may be consecrated to the Master's service. 

Disorder. What physicians call " prophylactic " — 
preventive treatment is very important in the matter 
of disorder among children. Remove any possible 
occasion for disorder. Let boys' hats and parasols 
or mittens be put safely out of sight. Be wise 
in seating the children, and do not hesitate to throw 
responsibility upon them. Make Johnny, in a whis- 
pered word, feel responsible for the good behavior of 
little Jim, who sits by his side. Sometimes it works 
admirably to make certain older children officers, with the 

Leader as commander-in-chief. (See page .) Be sure 

and give the children, especially the restless and mischiev- 
ous ones, something to do — yes, all they can do, and 
that all the time. If our first suggestion under this head 
was prophylactic, this might be called the pre-emptive 
treatment. Occupy the ground so thoroughly that there 
will not be foot-hold for the enemy. And if disorder 
actually breaks out, try first, by all means, the counter- 
irritant, or divertive treatment. Write a word or make a 
symbol on the blackboard. Tell a story. Talk with 
extra animation ; direct your words toward the offenders ; 
ask them a question. These methods usually accomplish 
their purpose. If not, try the direct method — earnest 
remonstrance with the offender personally. But this 
should always be out of meeting, and usually with each 



22 CHILDR EN' S MEE TINGS. 

one alone. Detain the offender, and tell him that such 
disorder is a pain and grief to you, and to God. Ask him 
never to repeat it. Assure him kindly, but firmly, that it 
must not be repeated. Quiet determination and perse- 
verance on the part of the leaders will almost always 
succeed in the end. 

Never tired, to the work. Leading a children's 
meeting is very difficult and exhausting work. The 
leader should never come to the meeting weary, either in 
mind or body. The half-hour before the meeting should 
be spent, if possible, in quiet preparation, the most 
valuable part of which should be drawing strength from 
the Source of all Strength. 

Receive all honest answers. Never discourage a 
child's effort to answer correctly, by replying " No," what- 
ever he may say. Find something good in every answer. 
If you ask how many Apostles there were, and a child 
says, " Eleven," reply, " Yes, there were eleven, but were 
there not more ? How many more ?" If the child said 
" Thirteen," reply, " Almost right, but were there quite so 
many ?" A wise teacher may be known by the way she 
receives and utilizes all kinds of answers. 

Definiteness. Give definite instructions. Pray, and 
teach the children to pray, definitely — for just what they 
want. Expect definite things. Remember, the first 
great object of a children's prayer-meeting is the conver- 
sion of the children; the second, and it also is great, though 
so often neglected in work among children, is the training 
— the building-up in Christ, of the converted children. 

Keep on. Keep on teaching. Keep on trying new 
plans. Keep on expecting. Keep on praying; and "the 
God of Israel grant thy petition !" 



TRAINING CHRISTIAN CHILDREN 



CHAPTER III. 

TRAINING CHRISTIAN CHILDREN. 

Training, is the great requirement of the present age. 
Every calling in life demands preparation ; natural ability 
and irregular, unguided development are not enough. 
As soon as a person has chosen his life-work, he begins 
to prepare himself for it. So, when a person has decided 
to follow Christ, and become a " fisher of men," training 
should begin at once. 

It is not enough to have become a Christian, to have 
in view a life of work for God ; but one should, even in 
childhood, be " about his Father's business." Therefore, 
as soon as a child is "in the way he should go, 'he should 
be " trained up " in that way. 

We do not leave a child to himself in his physical and 
intellectual growth ; neither should we disregard his need 
of help in spiritual development. Yet, how little direct 
attention is paid to the child's spiritual needs after his 
conversion ! A young lady, having been a member of the 
church two or three years, was once heard bitterly regret- 
ting her church relation ; " because," said she, " before I 
joined the church, people used to talk to me, and show 
some interest in me, but now no one ever says a word to 
me !" 



24 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 

And even when we do remember them, is not our 
work too general ? We seem to expect the lambs to 
flourish if treated in the same way we treat the sheep. 
Certainly this was not the Master's plan, or He would 
not have given the separate injunctions : " Feed my 
lambs," " Feed my sheep." And may there not be in the 
order of the passages a hint that the lambs should be 
looked after first ? This is certainly the only sure 
way to promote the health and strength of the whole 
flock. 

A farmer's boy, whose business it was to tend sheep, 
once contrived a plan by which his lambs should be in 
better condition than those of his neighbor. Instead of 
keeping the flock all together, he put the lambs in a 
smaller inclosure within the fold. His care was richly 
repaid. Equally successful are the special efforts put 
forth for young converts in the church 

An Englishman once said, " You can make something 
out of a Scotchman, if you catch him young!" We have 
the same assurance concerning Christian workers : there 
is great hope of their usefulness, " if you catch them 
young" for long and effective training. 

There is danger in leaving the child to untrained 
growth, but it is also injurious to take the matter quite out 
of his hands. The idea of his responsibility for growth 
and for work, should be kept before him, and the help 
received from outside should be in the line of suggestions. 
The leader's business is to set him at work, and to direct 
his work, rather than to do the work for him. With 
such assistance and stimulus he will form right habits, 
and acquire the elements of a sturdy Christian character. 

The following- are habits which should be cultivated 



TRAINING CHRISTIAN CHILDREN. 25 

by a young convert : Prayer, frequent and unhurried ; 
systematic Bible-study; regular attendance upon religious 
services; systematic and proportionate giving; testi- 
mony at every opportunity; familiar conversation on 
Christian experience; and personal work with the 
unconverted. 

Among the helps that should be given a Christian 
child in forming these habits are: A family altar at 
home; full church membership; thorough Sunday-school 
instruction ; membership in a well-organized children's 
meeting; a well-bound, good-print Reference Bible, and 
other printed matter, as the child may be able to bear it. 
We cannot forbear to mention a few books and leaflets 
that have come to our notice, as being specially inspiring 
to young Christians: Miss Havergal's "Kept for the 
Master's Use;" Mrs. Smith's "Christian's Secret;" 
Moody's " How to Study the Bible," " How to Hold 
Inquiry Meetings," " Secret Power," etc.; Biography of 
u Uncle John Vassar," Henry Morehouse, and C. G. Fin- 
ney. Some of these books may seem rather strong meat 
for children, and indeed they should be recommended 
with a view to the needs of each case. But Christian 
children, in the warmth of their love and zeal, will often 
surprise us by the relish with which they will appropri- 
ate works on even the " deep things of God." The writer 
well remembers the zest with which, when a young con- 
vert, thirteen years old, she read such books as " Memoirs 
of Edward Payson." There is, moreover, much safe and 
rich literature published in tract form. Every leader of 
children shouid be well and constantly supplied with this. 
Notice advertisements in religious periodicals and books. 

Christian children should be trained in direct mission- 



CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 



ary work. Additional suggestions will be found in the 
Missionary Lessons, among the Outlines. 

And another important branch of training is to teach 
them how to pray and talk simply, directly, without 
affectation or embarrassment, in social meetings. Fre- 
quent opportunity to speak and pray, with the example, 
direction and wise advice of the leader, will accomplish 
this end. 

Once more, let me urge, though it be a repetition, 
that the children be taught to talk freely upon religious 
subjects in familiar conversation. Who does not know 
with what agonies of embarrassment and timidity the 
older, untrained Christian enters into personal work, 
either among Christians or among the unconverted, in 
those sadly few cases where it is attempted at all? And 
who does not know that the vast majority of Christians 
never so much as attempt this conversational work? 
Let us so try to train those who are to come after us, 
that we may have a return of the time when "the 
church that was scattered abroad," (women and children, 
as well as men,) " went everywhere, preaching the wor,d," 
and telling about Jesus. And so we may have a return 
of Pentecostal revivals ! 



A COURSE OF XORMAL LESSONS. 27 



chaptp;r iv. 
introductory note. 

Every thoughtful teacher of children must have 
observed with regret the lack of connected and general 
Bible knowledge that exists among our children, notwith- 
standing the admirable system of detail study planned by 
the International Lesson Committee. It is desirable, in 
studying any of the great master-pieces of painting, to 
examine almost every square inch of canvas by itself — 
to study minutely this figure, that shading, this combi- 
nation of colors. But would not the artist-student lose 
greatly if he failed to take his stand farther away, and 
look at the picture as a whole? Our Sunday-school 
lessons give us the minute study of the Bible, but we 
need — even children need, with this, a more general and 
comprehensive view ; a view which shall give an idea of 
the Bible as a unit, and show the relation and harmony 
of all its parts. 

The following course of Lessons, whose design is in 
the direction indicated above, has been successfully 
taught to classes of children, six to thirteen years of age. 
Some of the matter, as well as the arrangement of Lesson 
I, is adapted from Vincent. The only absolute requisite 
for success in teaching this course, is an earnest, enthusi- 
astic teacher — one so thoroughly prepared as to teach 
with elasticity and reserve force. Teachers should make 
the lessons short, dividing or repeating, if necessary. 
Review, at every lesson, the preceding lesson, and drill a 
great deal. 



CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 



I.— THE BIBLE. 

Names. 

The Bible. The Holy Scriptures. The Word of 
God. The Law and the Prophets. The Book of 
Books. 
Authors* 

The Bible was written by about 40 men under the 
direction of the Holy Spirit, during a period of about 
1500 years. Call attention, simply, to the wonderful 
harmony of the different parts of the Bible, tho' 
written by so many men, in so many different styles 
(poetry, history, prophecy) and during such a long 
period of time. 
Contents. 

The Bible contains 66 books. Old Testament, 
39 books, written in Hebrew. New Testament, 27 
books, written in Greek. 
Translation. 

Explain the necessity for translation. Tell of the 
many translations into the ancient and modern 
languages, but drill especially, on the translations 
into the English: 

By Wycliff, 500 years ago, written only. 

By Tyndale, 350 years ago, written and printed. 

By 40 men under King James I. 270 years ago 
"Our Bible." 

"Revised New Testament," in 1881. 

MEMORY VERSE, 

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.— Gen. 1. 1 

*Call out from the Children the names of all the Bible Authors they can 
give. Print upon board. The board may be used also under " Contents 
and " Translation." 



NORMAL LESSONS. 29 



II.— THE BIBLE. 



DIVISIONS AND BOOKS. 



Old Testament. 

f G. E. L. N. D. (Pentateuch.) - 5 

Hist JJ-J' R - - " " " " 3 

l - 1 y s. y k. y ch. - - - 6 

[ E. N. E - - - - - 3 

17 
Poet. J. Ps. Pr. Ec. Can. - 5 

f Major. I. J.(L.)E. D. - - 5 
P u I f Ho-Jo-Am, 

rr °P n -1 Minor! <j Ob-Jo-Mi-Na, - 

[ t Ha-Ze-Ha-Ze-Ma, - 12 

Total in Old Test. - - 39 

New Testament. 

' M. M. L. J. (Gospels.) - - 4 

Hist ' ^A. ------ 1 



f R. y 2 Cor - 

1 G E P C 
( Pauline J 1^* T ." ^* Tim. T. - - 
Letters. - L Ph. H(?). - - 14 

( General. J. % P. 1-2-3 John. J. - 7 

21 
Proph. — Rev. „•__•._- 1 

Total in New Test. - - 27 

MEMORY VERSE. 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. 
Rev. 32. 21. 



30 



CHIL DR EN' S MEE TIA ' G S. 



III.— BIBLE GEOGRAPHY. 



Let children come with pencil 




and paper, prepared to 
drawmaps. The lead- 
er should first draw 
the oblong on the 
board, the children 
watching and copy- 
ing. Notice, the fig- 
ure is twice as long 
as wide. Encourage 
measurement. Then 
fill in with such out- 
lines and locate such 
cities as the class can 
easily fo.low you in. 
Give items of in- 
formation, such as size 
of countries and seas, 
length of rivers, inci- 
dents of history con- 
nected with cities. 

Ask many review 
questions. Call up 
children to point out 



places on maps, while the rest follow and name. 



MEMORY VERSE. 

The earth is ihe Lord's, and the fulness thereof; the world 
and they that dwell therein —Ps. 24. 1. 



NORMAL LESSOXS. 31 



IV.— BIBLE TIME. 

" A. D." Time. 

Time from now back to Christ, about 1880 years. 

M B. C." Time. 

Time from Christ back to Adam, about 4000 years. 

Our Hands, 

May help us to remember Bible Time. 

Draw a picture of your out-spread hand, hold 

ing it firmly on paper, and marking evenly around 

it with a lead pencil. Let each of the spaces 

between the fingers represent a thousand years. 
Mark the top of the thumb Adam. He lived at the 

beginning of Bible Time. 
Mark the first finger Enoch. He was translated 

iqoo years after Adam. 
Mark the middle finger Abraham. He was born 

2000 years after Adam. 
Mark the next finger Solomon. He dedicated the 

Temple 3000 years after Adam. 
Mark the last finger Jesus Christ. He came 4000 

years after Adam. 
Write across the palm, "Jesus lived on earth 33 

years," and on the wrist, '■ The Apostle John 

lived 100 years." 
Can you find where Jared, Noah, the Exodus, and 

Zerubbabel belong? 

MEMORY VERSE. 

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou 
hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting 
to everlasting thou art God—Ps. 90. 2. 



32 CHILDREN'S MEE TING S 

V.— BIBLE TIME (Continued.) 

Each of the four thousand years between Adam and 
Christ may be called a Period. 

First Period. 

In the First Period lived : 
Adam, Eve, Cain, Abel, Enoch, and Methuselah. 
Here comes the story of the first blessing upon 
man (Gen. I. 28.) the first sin (Gen. 3. 6.) the first 
curse (Gen. 3. 14-19) the first baby, the first 
death, the first murder, the first going to Heaven 
without dying. 

Second Period. 

In this Period lived : 
Noah; Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 

Here comes the Flood, the Rainbow-Covenant 
and Babel. 

Third Period. 

In this Period lived: 
Abraham Isaac and Jacob, the twelve Patriarchs, 
Moses and Joshua, fourteen Judges, Saul and David 
the first two kings. In this Period arose the Nation 
of the Israelites, and here occurred their bondage in 
Egypt, the Exodus, the forty years wandering in the 
Wilderness, the settlement in the Promised Land, 
and the establishment of a Monarchy. 

MEMORY VERSE. 

For this God is our God forever and ever, he will be our 
guide, even unto death— Ps 47. 14. 



NORMAL LESSOXS. 33 

VI.— BIBLE TIME (Continued.) 
Fourth Period. 

In this period occurred the Division of the Kingdom 
under Solomon's son, much war and trouble, the 
carrying away captive of Israel, the destruction of 
Jerusalem and the seventy years captivity of Judah, 
the return of the captives, and the rebuilding of the 
City and Temple. 
In this Period: 

Lived Twenty Kings of Judah, in Southern Palestine, 
Nineteen Kings of Israel in Northern Palestine, Dan- 
iel and his three friends. Queen Esther, Zerubbabel, 
Ezra and Nehemiah. 
In this Period Lived and Prophesied : 

In Judah. — Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Malachi. 

In Israel. — Elijah, Elisha, Jonah, Hosea, Amos. 
We will Remember : * 

Among the Kings of Judah : Rehoboam, the foolish 
King (II Chron. 10: 14, 19.) Athaliah, the bad queen- 
grandmother (II Chron. 22 : 10.) Joash, the ungrate- 
ful King (II Chron. 24: 21. 22.) Hezekiah and his 
prayers (II Kings, chapters 19 and 20) Josiah, the 
good boy-King, and Zedekiah, who died at Baby- 
lon, but never saw it (Ezek. 12 : 13; Jer. 52 : 10, 1 1.) 
Among the Kings of Israel: Jereboam, who made 
Israel to sin (I Kings, 14: 16) and the wicked Ahab 
and his bad wife. 

MEMORY VERSE. 

What time I am afraid I will trust in thee.—Ps. 56. 3. 

"Leader may omit some or all of this paragraph If taught, let it be by -vivid 
word-picturing in each case, giving only one character at a time. The children 
may help by reading the references, or some verses from them. 



U CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 

VII.— BIBLE TIME .Continued.) 

Each Period 

Of the 0. T. history covers 1,000 years. The 
whole N. T. history covers only ioo years. 
At the beginning of this Period, Christ was born. 
Christ was baptized, and began preaching when 
thirty years old. He preached only three and a half 
years. He was then crucified, but after three days 
rose from the dead, and, forty days later, ascended 
into Heaven. 
To this Period belong the twelve Apostles : 
(A. P. o. S. T. L. e. S.; J. J. J. J. M. B.)* 

Here also 

Belong John the Baptist; three Marys; Paul, 
the Apostle to the Gentiles, Luke, the beloved, 
Physician . and John, the disciple, whom specially 
"Jesus loved." 

At the close 

Of the Period, John, the last of the Apostles, died. 
He was the last of the "'Holy men of old" who 
wrote the Bible. 



MEMORY VERSE. 

Thou shali call His name JESUS, for He shall save His 
people from their sins— Matt. 7. 21. 



*The capital letters are the initials of the names of the twelve Apostles, 
as given in Matt., 10. 



S'ORMAL LESSOXS. 35 

VIIL— EIGHT THINGS TO REMEMBER. 

DOCTRINE. 

1. WE HAVE ALL SINNED. 

God takes care of little children. After that time, all 
who are not Christians are sinners. (Matt. 1 2 : 30.) 

2. God loves us all. 

Not the good only, but the good and bad. — (John 
3: 16.) 

3. Jesus Christ has died to save us. 

He came to earth that we might go to Heaven; He 
became poor that we might be rich ; He died that 
we might live. — (Is. 53: 5.) 

4. We must repent, forsake our sins, and trust 

in God. 
Then God will forgive our sins, and give us new 
hearts. This is " conversion." (Acts 3 : 19.) 

5. There is a Heaven and a Hell. 

But the Savior came to open the way to the first, 
and save from the last, if we only will come to 
Him. — (John 5 : 29 and 40.) 

6. Christians must grow in grace. 

Conversion is only the beginning. — (2 Peter 3: 18.) 

7. And strive to bring others to Christ. 

Even children may do this — (Prov. 20 : 1 1.) 

8. The Holy Spirit will guide and help. 

We need never work alone. — (John 14: 17.) 

MEMORY VERSE. 

Herein is my Father glorified that ye bear much 
fruit— John 15 . 5. 



B6 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 

IX.— GETTING READY FOR EXAMINATION. 

REVIEW. 

Things to be brought.* 

A good, sharp pencil — good, ruled paper — a smooth 
book to write on — a sharp pen-knife — a clear head. 
Tlir <GS TO REMEMBER. 

ibont the Bible. Its names — its authors — authority 
— time of writing — number and names of its 
books — languages in which it was written — some- 
thing about its translations — reasons why we 
know it is true. 

About Bible Time. How the hand may teach 
time — how to name each finger — the years 
between — the palm — the wrist. How many years 
since Christ came. 

About Bible History. The noted people and great 
events of the Old Testament Periods — the life of 
our Savior, His Apostles, and associates. 

About Bible Doctrine. The fact of sin — love — 
atonement — repentance — faith — conversion — 
growth — work — guidance. 

About Memory Verses. Recite them all with the 
teacher, and alone. Drill on completing any one, 
if part is given. 

MEMORY VERSE. 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. 
Rev. 22. 21. 

*Or the examination may be oral, with children too young to write 
In this case, care must be taken that the children are not helped by each 
other's answers. Examine them one by one, and privately. 



HE A VEX. 37 



CHAPTER V. 

HEAVEN. 

(An outline filled up for specimen.) 

Our lesson to-day is to be about a place — maybe 
you would call it a lesson in geography — the place of all 
others you would like most to know about. Can you 
think what place it is? All of us have friends there, and all 
of us expect to go there by and by — though we do not 
all think enough about how we shall .get there. "Europe? 
California?'' Do you all expect to go to Europe? Ah; 
Mary has it — Heaven. Heaven is the place we are 
going to study about to day, let us print the name at the 
top of this blackboard. 

How many of you have heard about Heaven before? 
No, I won't ask that question, for you have all heard 
about it. But where do we learn about Heaven? Who 
told you about it? " Mama." But how did Mama know? 
Or the minister or teacher ? We know about Europe be- 
cause folks have been there and, coming back, have told 
us about it. Did you ever know of anyone who had 
been to Heaven and come back again ? There was one 
man who came to this earth from Heaven — don't you re- 
member ? The Lord Jesus. He told us about it — "In 



CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 



my Father's house are many mansions. I go to prepare 
a place for you." Then there was another man, John, 
one of Jesus' dear friends when He was on earth, who 
was permitted to look into Heaven and see many things 
there, before he died; and he has told us a great deal 
about* that beautiful city. What book are all these 
things written in? Can you think? Yes, the Bible. Is 
there any other book but the Bible that tells us about 
Heaven." "Singing-books?" "Sunday-school books?" 
Yes, sometimes, but where do they get what they tell 
us ? Out of the Bible — there is no other source, no 
other book in the whole world that tells us the least 
thing about that place but God's own precious Book. A 
gentleman was once going to preach a sermon on Heaven, 
and "one of his friends was very anxious to hear it, for he 
wanted to hear something new about that place. When 
the sermon was over, some one asked the friend how he liked 
it. "I did not like it at all,' he answered, "he didn't tell 
us anything but what was in the Bible." But don't you 
see, that is all there is to tell ! Other books may tell us 
what folks guess and suppose about Heaven, but it is 
the Bible alone that tells us things that are sure — things 
that we may know. 

Now I am going to ask you some questions about 
Heaven. I will print these questions on the board, and 
I will put the answers there, too, as soon as you give 
them to me — for you see I am going to ask you to help 
me in this lesson. Here is the first question — spell it out 
as I write it. What kind of a place is Heaven ? Who'll 
be the first to think of an answer to this question? "A 
good place," Willie says. Yes, indeed, Heaven is a good 



HE A VEN. 39 



place. It is the place Jesus has gone to prepare for us 
and from that alone we maybe sure it is a good place. But 
can you not think of something else — some particular 
thing in which Heaven is good? You cannot think? 
Well, suppose we go straight to the Bible. Here is Mr. 
Blank, your minister, with his Bible. I'll ask him to read 
averse for us. Listen now. (Pastor reads, according to 
pre-arrangement.) 

"And /, John, saw the Holy City, New Jerusalem 
* * * prepared as a bride adorned for her hus- 
band" Rev: XXI. 2. 

Do you know what a "bride" is? I see you know, 
but you are afraid to tell. A lady who has just been — 
"married." Did you ever see a bride? What kind of a 
dress did she have on? "White dress." "Nice dress.'' 
Yes, the very best things — the most beautiful dress a 
woman ever has, she has when she is married. And John 
saw Heaven adorned in this way, "like a bride prepared 
for her husband." Does n't it make you think of another 
answer we may write to our question ? Heaven is a 
beautiful place. If I had time I'd like to tell you of 
its mansions and streets, its River of Life, and trees and 
fruits — oh, yes! we may think our very best about Heaven, 
and when we have pictured to ourselves the loveliest 
place we can possibly dream of, it won't be half as beauti- 
ful as Heaven really is — a "beautiful" place, indeed! 

Now if you do not think of another answer to our 
question soon, I'll ask Mr. Blank to read again. 

" A nd he that talked with me had a golden reed to 
measure the city. * * * And he measured 
the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The 



40 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 

length and the breadth and the height of it are equal." 
Rev. 21 : 15-16. 

Twelve thousand furlongs ! How many furlongs in 
a mile? Eight. That would make fifteen hundred 
miles. * How large is Chicago ? Eight or ten miles each 
way. But this city is fifteen hundred miles each way, 
and fifteen hundred miles high, too. "What does that 
mean," do you ask? Indeed I don't know, and I suppose 
we shall have to wait to see the city before we can find 
out. But when I think of the length and the breadth of 
it, I remember that it would be about as large as the 
whole known world was, when this description of Heaven 
was written. So I think it all means that Heaven is a 
large place. Plenty of room in it for all who may wish 
to enter. 
But what is said in the first of the 12th verse, Mr.Blank? 

" And it had a wall great and high" Rev, 21: 12. 

Can you think why the city was shown to John as hav- 
ing a wall around it ? Were you ever in a walled city ? "They 
don't have walls," Johnny says. Our cities in America 
do not, because they have all been built within a few hun- 
dred years; but in the old times, before men knew any- 
thing about the cannon-balls, when they wanted to 
make a city very safe, they built a strong wall about it. 
Then, if the wall was strong enough, no enemy from with- 
out could harm them, and the people inside were safe. 
Doesn't this make you think what the Bible means by 
telling us that the heavenly city has a "great and high" 
wall around it ? That Heaven is a safe place. We'll write 

*If the class is advanced enough to assist in the work, this example in 
'• Reduction " may be wrought out before them on the board. 



HE A VEN. 41 



that word "safe" on the black-board just below the word 
" large." 

I wish I could tell you aU about the walls, how grand 
and glorious they are, and what beautiful stones they are 
made of. And then the Gates — twelve beautiful gates 
each of one pearl, three on the east and three on the 
west and three on the north and three on the south — so 
people may come in from all parts of the earth, I suppose. 
These gates are always open by day; and that ma'^es me 
think of another thing about Heaven. What kind of 
lights do they have there ? Candles ? or lamps ? Ah ! 
Annie has something to say. " There is no night there. " 
Annie is right; there is no night there. Let us hear Mr. 
Blank read about it out of God's word. 

"And the city had no need of the sun, neither 
of the moon to shine in it : for the glory of God 
did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. 
And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by 
day, for there shall be no night there." — Rev. 21 : 
23, 25. 

No night there. Heaven is a light place, let us put 
that upon the black-board. How many of you like the 
bright day-time better than the night ? What ! all of you ? 
Children always do. But do you know why grown up 
folks often long for the night to come ? Because they are 
tired and sad and sick. Will any 0112 ever be tired in 
Heaven ? Mr. Blank, read the 4th verse of chapter 2 1 st. 
" And God shall wipe away all tears from their 
eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither 
sorrow nor crying, neither shall there be any more 
pain : for the former things are passed away" 



42 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 

Oh ! children, children, think of that ! No more pain ! 
How many of you were ever sick — real sick, and had hard 
pain ? Why, almost all of you are raising your hands. 
And I don't need to ask how many times you have cried, 
for I hear almost every day, the sound of some little child's 
crying. But nobody will ever be in pain in Heaven, and 
no little baby's cry will ever be heard in that city. Older 
people cry too, down here, a great many times when no- 
body sees them, but u God shall wipe away all tears from 
their eyes," when they reach that blessed country. There'll 
be no sorrow there, nor death. Do you know what 
death is ? How many of you have ever seen any one dead ? 
O ! yes, there's hardly a home in all the land where some 
dear one has not laid white and still in a coffin. But up 
in Heaven there'll be nothing of that kind. Nobody will 
ever say, " I am sick," there, and nobody will ever die. God 
will give to all Eternal Life. Heaven is a happy place — 
let us write that word on the board — and the people who 
live in it are happy people. 

Now can we remember all the things we have learned 
about Heaven ? Let us recite them all together. What 
kind of a place is Heaven ? " Good," " Beautiful," " Large,'* 
"Safe," "Light," "Happy." 

And now I will ask the next question: Who are in 
Heaven ? 

Yes, God, our dear Heavenly Father. I am so glad 
Jamie thought of Him, the first thing. And Jesus our 
Saviour, let us put that precious name down next. Can 
you think of anyone else in Heaven? Angels, Bessie 
says. Yes, John says, in the Bible, that one of the times 
when God was letting him look into Heaven, he saw and 



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heard a great many angels — "ten thousand times ten thou- 
sand." They were singing a song of praise to our 
Saviour. Wouldn't you like to hear them too, as John 
did? We shall hear them, and sing with them too, when 
we get there. But can you think of anyone else who is 
in Heaven? Yes all our dear friends who loved Jesus 
when they were living on this earth, and have died and 
gone from us. I suppose nearly every boy and girl here 
has some dear friend in that beautiful City. I have my 
dear Grandma, and Oh! so many other friends. Johnnie 
is raising his hand — he has somebody over there, and so 
has Minnie, and Harry, — and almost all of you. Do you 
know what they are called — our dear friends in Heaven? 
" Angels ?" Yes, sometimes children call them angels, but 
there is another name, a beautiful name. I will print it 
here, Saints- That means Holy ones. What is it to be 
holy, can you tell ? " To be free from sin/' Edith has 
told it just right. We must have our sins all washed 
away or we can never enter the beautiful city. Do you 
suppose there are any children among the Saints in 
Heaven? O yes, a great many. Children from this land 
— some of the dear little ones that we know — and little 
heathen children too, thousands and thousands of them, 
going up from their sad and miserable homes right into 
the homes of Heaven. Isn't it a glorious change for 
them ? There's a verse in the Bible that gives us a little 
hint about the children in Heaven. You may all rise (for 
I'm afraid you're getting tired ) and repeat it after me. 

"And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and 
girls, playing in the streets thereof '"--Zech. 8-5. 

Now we are ready for our next question. What can 



never enter heaven ? 



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Just one little word for an answer — one word with 
three letters, very small but very dreadful — Sin. That 
is the one thing that can never enter the city. The pearly 
gates are always wide open, you remember, but there's a 
strong angel stands by each, perhaps for this very reason 
— to see that nothing that has any sin about it gets in- 
side. Are you not glad to know this ? What has 
brought all the sorrow and tears and pain and death to 
this world, can you tell ? Do you suppose Adam and 
Eve ever cried before they sinned ? Ah ! no doubt they 
cried enough afterward. Yes, sin is the terrible thing that 
has made all our trouble. It has almost spoiled this 
world, and it would spoil heaven if it should once get in> 
past the sentinel angel at the gate; but it never will — 
we need not fear 

But now, children, suppose sin was all covered up in a 
child's heart ? Just one little sin, away down in the 
bottom of his heart ? Would that one little sin keep the 
child out of Heaven ? 

But we have all had sin in our hearts, haven't we? Is 
there any one here — think carefully, now — who can say, 
" I have never done wrong ? never had sin in my heart "? 
Not one! Is there no chance for us, then, to go to 
Heaven? What must we do? Johnnie says; "Be good," 
but suppose after I get the first dark blot of sin on my 
heart, I am good, all the rest of my life. Will that take 
away the first sin ? None of you answer. Do you see 
this white sheet of paper, with this one black ink-spot in 
the corner? Suppose I should put it away in my desk 
and keep the rest of it all clean and white as long as I 
live — would that take off this black spot ? No, of course 



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not. Neither will all our " being good" take a single blot 
of sin out of our hearts. There's no hope for us — no 
hope of getting into Heaven, that way. But Mary has 
her hand raised — what is it, Mary ? " We must ask Jesus 
to forgive us our sins !" O yes ! This is the way to be 
made fit for Heaven — to ask Jesus to take our sins all 
away — to wash our hearts clean and white. But will He 
do it just for our asking? Let us see what the Bible says 
about it. 

u If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to for- 
give us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteous- 
ness" I John 1:9. 

And now comes my next question. I have asked you 
all to answer the other questions aloud to me, but I want 
you to whisper the answer to this one, softly, to the dear 
Lord Jesus, who is right here with us, standing by the side 

of every one of you: Are you going to Heaven? 

Not, are you going to start by and by, but are you really 
on your way now? Have your sins been taken away? 
Are you little Christian children ? Have your hearts been 
washed clean? Are you trying to " be good" and please 
Him every day ? Do you see the little line I have left 
in the question ? I left it so that you might put in there, 
each one of you, your own name. I don't know your 
names, but Jesus does, and you know it is really Jesus 
who is asking you the question. Are you going to 
Heaven ? You are going, or you are not. You must say 
either yes or no. Whisper the answer to Jesus now, 
while we wait a few minutes before Him. O, I am 
afraid there may be somebody here who will have to 
answer, "No !" 



46 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 

And now comes our last question : What is the 
best time to start for Heaven? "When we're 
little ! " Frank says. Yes, indeed. It's a great deal 
easier to come to Jesus ''when we're little" than at any 
other time. And it's a great deal safer, too, for we may 
not all live to grow up. But there's another answer to 
the question, that I want you to think of You won't 
be much larger to-morrow, but will it do to wait till to- 
morrow before you start for Heaven ? What is the very 
best time? Now. O, yes. That's what I wanted you 
to say. " Now " is the best time — this very hour. If 
there is any boy or girl here who is not a Christian — who 
is not going to Heaven — who had to answer, "No" to 
that question, I hope that one will start now. Jesus is 
here. He is waiting to forgive you, and to make you all 
His own children. Now, we are going to pray — to thank 
God for having prepared for us the Beautiful City; and 
if there's any one here who wants to start in the way to 
Heaven this very hour, we will pray for that one, too, 
that our dear Lord may wash away all his sins, and put 
his feet, even while we are praying, into the way that 
leads to the Blessed City of our God. 



OUTLINES ON THE LORD'S PRAYER. 47 



CHAPTER VI. 
OUTLINES ON THE LORD'S PRAYER.* 

"OUR FATHER." 

1. What a good father does for his children. 

Feeds. — John 6: 32. 

Clothes. — Is. 61 : 10. 

Sympathizes with. — Ps. 103 : 13. 

Corrects. — Heb. 12: 6. 

Loves. — I John 3: 1. 

Gives gifts. — Jas. 1 : 17. John 3: 16. 

2. What children should give to their fathers. 

Love. — Matt. 22 : 37. 

Obedience. — I John 5 : 3. 

Service. — Luke 2: 49. Matt. 21 : 28. 

Honor.— Ps. 71: 8. Matt. 5: 16. 

3. What our Heavenly Father promises to His children. 

Gal. 4: 7. John 14: 2, 3. Rom. 8: 32. 

4. Who are God's children ? 

John I : 12. Gal. 3 : 26. 

5. What are all the rest?— Matt- 13 : 38. 

6. Will you let God make you His child ? 

* See note, page 56. 



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WHO ART IN HEAVEN. 

I I I I I L 



1 



THE CITY OF GOD, 

Revelation, 21st Chapter. 



What kind of a place P 



Great, Heavenly, (v.io,l6) 
Holy, Beautiful, (v. 2) 
Safe, Rich, Bright, (v.12,18) NO 
Light, Glorious, (v. 23) 
Easy to Enter, (v. 13,26) 



Tears, (v. 4) 
Sorrow, 
Pain, 
1 Death, 
Hunger,(ch.7:16) 
Thirst, 

Night, (ch. 22:5) 

I Sin, (v. 27) 

Who will be there P 

GOD, JESUS, NATIONS, KINGS, 
REDEEMED SINNERS, 

LITTLE CHILDREN, 

A GREAT MULTITUDE. 

How can we get thei-e P 

Ask Jesus to take our sins away. Rev 7 : 14 

SHALL I BE THERE 7 
1 I 1 | 1 I 



Note. First draw the lines and write the words "The City of God." This 
guidebook (holding up a Bible) tells four things about the City. 1. What kind 
of a place it is. 2. Some things not found there. 3. Who will he there. 4. How 
to get there. Write First question, read verses mentioned, and write the words 
Great, Holy, etc. Write word NO, read verses indicated, and write Tears, Pain, 
etc. Write Second question, read verses 3, 22,24, Ch. 7:9; Mark 10- 14, arid write 
the words God, Jesus, etc. Write Third question, read 7: 14, and write Ask Jesus, 
etc. Last of all write, "Shall I be there?" and tell each one to ask themselves the 
question. — W. B. Jacobs. 



OUTLINES OX THE LORD'S TKAYER. 



" HALLOWED BE THY NAME." 

What are His names ? * 

JEHOVAH. (Too holy to be spoken.)— Ex. 6: 3. 

Father of Lights. — James 1:17. 

God of Heaven. — Neh. 1 : 5. 

God of Hosts. — Ps. 80: 7. 

Holy One. — Hab. 1 : 12. 

I am.— Ex. 3: 14. 

Living God. — Heb. 10 : 31. 

Mighty God. — Jer. 32 : 18. 

Most High God.— Ps. 57: 2. 

King oe Kings and Lord of Lords.— I Tim. 

6: 15. 
Meaning of" Hallow." (See Webster's Dictionary.) 
How may we help to answer this prayer ? 
By not taking His name in vain. 
By keeping His day holy. (Illustrate by the 

honor we pay to Washington, in celebrating 

his birthday. ) 
By obeying His commandments, especially the 

one in I John 3 : 23. 



" THY KINGDOM COME." 

I. What is His Kingdom? 

God reigning as King in the hearts of the people. 
Illustration. As honey is in the honey-comb, 

* The teacher might allow the children to find these or other names, 
possibly by assigning texts during the meeting ; or, better, at home, before 
the meeting. 



50 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 

by being in each particular cell, so God's King 
dom comes by His coming to reign in each 
of our hearts. 

2. How does God's Kingdom come into our hearts? 

Not breaking in as a thief, but entering as a guest, 
when we are willing. 

3. What are the duties cf one who has taken God for 

his King ? * 

4. How may we help on the coming of Christ's King- 

dom to the "dark places of the earth?' 
(Teacher describe condition of heathen lands.) 

By praying for them. 

By giving money and other gifts. 

By going ourselves, perhaps, to tell them of Jesus, 
when we are older. 

5. The Kingdom will fully come at Christ's Appearing. — 

Matt. 25: 31-46. Phil. 2: 10. 

6. Take God for your King now, that you may be on 

His right hand then. — Matt. 25 : 34. 



" THY WILL BE DONE IN EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.' 

1. How is it done in Heaven? 

Promptly, gladly, without asking questions, etc.f 

2. If we pray, " Thy will be done," we ought to do all we 

can to see that it is done. 

3. What is His will? 

(a.) That all should come to repentance. — II Pet. 

* Let children give answers. 

"j" Let the children give these answers, and others. 



OUTLINES ON THE LORD'S PRAYER. 51 

3: 9. (Are we doing all we can to bring the 

whole world to repentance?) 
{b.) That we should pray always, and give thanks 

for everything. — I Thes. 5: 17, 18. (Are we 

showing our thankfulness by our work for Jesus?) 
" (c.) That we should live pure lives. — I Pet. 1 : 15. 

(Revised Version.) (People will notice our actions 

more than our words.) 
A promise to those who do His will. — I John 2 : 17. 

(Until converted, we have not begun to do God's 

will.) 
How God will make us able to do His will. — Ezek. 

2: 19, 20. 



"GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD." 

1. Bread is the staff of life. Not cake nor candy. 

2. Bread is the gift of God. 

Let children trace back a loaf of bread through 
various stages of preparation and growth. Bread 
— flour — wheat-kernels — growing grain — seed, 
with the life-germ put in it by God's hand, 
planted in God's earth, nourished by His sun- 
shine and rain. 

3. The fitness of asking. 

Suppose God withheld His part a single month? 
Only one summer-blessing of God stands 
between the world and starvation. 

4. How God answers the prayer, 

Every year the world is fed direct from God's 
resources.— Ps. 104: 27,28, 



52 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 

5. Christ, the Bread of Life. — John 6: 33. And God 
gives us freely this true Bread. — John 6: 32. 



"FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS AS WE FORGIVE OUR DEBTORS." 

2. Praying this prayer, without forgiving others freely 

and fully, is asking God not to forgive us freely 
and fully. (Tell story of the man who felt hard 
toward one who had wronged him, and could 
not get through the Lord's Prayer.) 

3. God will not forgive the unforgiving. — Matt. 18: 23, 35. 

The Debtor 
Was forgiven Refused to forgive 

$14,400,000. $15. 

4. What are our debts to God, which need forgiveness? 

Unbelief, selfishness, anger, etc. (Let children give 
other answers.) 

5. How is it possible for God to forgive sinners, without 

breaking His word, (Ezek. 18: 4,) "The soul that 
sinneth, it shall die"? See I Pet. 3: 18. 

6. Have we any right to ask forgiveness "for Jesus' 

sake," until we have taken Him for our Savior? 



"LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US 
FROM EVIL." 

I. What was the first Temptation? 

Who led into that temptation ? — Gen. 3 : 1,6. 
What were its results 

Upon Adam and Eve? 

Upon the whole world ? 



OUTLINES ON THE LORD'S PRAYER. 53 

2. Other Bible examples of temptation, with results. 

Job. — Job 2: 7, io. 

Daniel. — Dan. 67-28. 

Pilate.— John 19: 5-16. 

Christ. — Matt. 4: i-n. Heb. 4: 15. 

3. The difference between being led into temptation, 

and walking into it. Bad company, neglect of 
prayer, etc. 

4. " But deliver us from the Evil One."' (Revised 

Version.) 

What is the Evil One like?— I Pet. 5 : 8. 

Does he always seem to us like an open enemy? 

— II Cor. 11 : 14. 

5. Is God able to deliver? — Heb. 2 ; 18. Rev. 20:2. 

6. Is He willing to deliver? — Dan. 3:17. II Pet. 3 : 9. 



" FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM, AND THE POWER, AND 

THE GLORY, FOREVER." 
Why ? 

Why should His name be hallowed? 

Why should His Kingdom come? 

Why should His will be done? 

Why should we pray to Him for daily bread ? 

Why should we pray to Him for forgiveness of sin ? 

Why should we pray to Him for deliverance from 
evil? 
Three Reasons. 
1. " Thine is the kingdom." 

Where is His throne? — Ps. 11:4. 

What is His foot-stool ? — Is. 66: 1. 



54 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 

What is His sceptre? — Heb. I : 8. 
Illustration, Esther 5 : 2. 
Who are His attendants? — Ps. 103 : 20. 
Over whom does He rule? — Ps. 103: 19. Phil. 
2 : 10, 11. 

2. " And the power." 

How much power has He ? — Rom. 13: 1 . 

How is His power shown ? (Let children answer. ) 

In the creation of the world. 

In His care over His creatures. 

In the destruction of His enemies. 

In the salvation of all that trust Him. 

3. " And the glory." 

Who are to give glory to God? — Ps. 148: 1-12. 
Notice that cliildren are given a very promi- 
nent place in the list. 

All we do should be for God's glory. — I Cor. 10 : 31. 
No chance left for glorifying ourselves. 
Who will finally give God glory? — Rev. 5 : 13. 
" Forever." 

His kingdom, His power, and His glory will endure 

forever. — Dan. 4: 3. Rev. 7 : 12. 

"From everlasting to everlasting, thon art God." 



" AMEN." * 



Let all the people say " Amen." — Ps. 106 : 48. 
I. Meaning of "Amen": " So may it be;" used in 

* This lesson may well be divided into two or three, or even more 
lessons ; as, treated in this way, it is very comprehensive. 



OUTLINES ON THE LORD'S PRAYER. 55 

prayer and worship. Among the Jews, it was used in the 
Temple service. The people would remain in the Court 
of the Israelites, while the priests offered the sacrifices 
in the Temple. Then the Levites would sing a psalm, 
and at every pause in the music, the trumpets would 
sound, and the people would bow and worship, saying, 
" Amen !" — " So may it be ! " * 

II. Let us select some prayers from the Bible, and 
see if we can say " Amen " to them. 
i. For Salvation. 

Lord, save me. — Matt. 14: 30. 

God be merciful to me, a sinner. — Luke 18: 13. 

Create in me a clean heart, O Lord. — Ps. 51 : 10. 

2. For work to do for Christ. 

Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do ? — Acts, 9 : 6. 

3. For right thoughts, words, and actions. 

Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth ; keep the 
door of my lips.— Ps. 141 : 3. 

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation 
of my heart, be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, 
my strength and my Redeemer. — Ps. 19: 14. 

4. For the conversion of friends. 

My heart's desire and prayer for Israel is, that they 
might be saved. — Rom. 10 : 1. 

5. For enemies. 

Father, forgive them, for they know not what they 
do. — Luke 23 : 34. 

6. That Gods will may be done in everything. 

* It would be well to sketch the plan of the Temple, and show the 
position of the worshipers during Temple service. 



CHIL DREN ' S MEE TINGS. 



7. For Christ's second coming. 

Even so, come, Lord Jesus- — Rev. 22: 20. 
(Are you ready, if He should come now ?) 
III. If we say "Amen" to these prayers, we shall 
do all we can to answer them ourselves. 

]!sote. — The references in these and all the lessons are mainly for the Lead- 
er's help, suggesting how each topic may be treated. But where the children 
are old enough to find references readily, they may read or repeat them, when- 
ever it can be done without delay or formality. In a well organized meeting, the 
verses may often be assigned beforehand, for memorizing or special study. 
Children cannot too early be taught to use the "Sword of the Spirit, which is the 
"Word of God." 



OUTLINES. 57 



CHAPTER VII. 

OUTLINES. 
The Little King. 

I. 

The Birth of an Earthly Prince. 

Describe the ceremonies at the birth of a " crown 
prince." Desire of the king for a successor. Anxiety of 
the subjects. Birth announced. Bells ring; illumina- 
tions, etc. Nobles gathering to the palace. Little baby 
brought out to them. His robes, jewels, etc. (A little 
acting would not be out of place at this point. Hold 
out your arms, as if the baby rested on them, and ask the 
children to look at him — to notice his dress, pearls, and 
other such things.) Their confessions of allegiance; how 
they bow the knee. Soldiers to fight for him; subjects 
to love him. 

II. 
The Birth of the " Prince of Peace" 

Bethlehem. The Mother and Child. Contrast. Make 
constant reference to the first division, through the 
second. Very few knew that he was a king. Stable; 
manger; shepherds; wise men; star. He needs soldiers, 
subjects. All shall come to His feet some day. "Every 



58 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 

knee shall bow." Who will now acknowledge Him ? 
What His kingdom is "within us." How He won His 
kingdom — " died for us." How we may become His sub- 
jects. "My son, give me thine heart." "Will you 
crucify your king?" Baby kings often put to death. 
(Athaliah. II Kings u: i. King Richard III.) He 
must have either a throne or a cross in your heart. 
Which?— Rev. David R. Breed. 



Finding. 

i . What may we find ? 

Christ. Those that seek me early shall find 

me. — Prov. 8 : 17. 
Life. Whoso findeth me findeth life. — Prov. 

8: 35- 
Rest. Ye shall find rest unto your souls. — 

Matt. U: 29. 
Grace. Find grace to help in time of need. — Heb. 

4: 16. 

2. Whom should we find next ? 

Unconverted friends, He first findeth his own 
brother. — John 1 : 41. 

3. Result of neglecting to find Christ. 

Failure. Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me. 

— Joh'n 7: 34- 
Disgrace and death. Be sure your sin will find 

you out. — Num. 32: 23. 



OCT LINES, 59 



Envy. 

(Draw picture of a poisonous plant on black-board. 
Name it " Envy." Outline a heart around the plant. 
Make shoots, extending from the plant outside the heart, 
into the outward life.) 

What is Envy? 

How is it like a poison-plant ? 

Who puts the seed of this poison-plant into the 
heart ? 

It fills the heart, leaving no room for the love of God. 

It sends branches out into our lives. 

W T hat branches grow from the plant, " Envy," in a 
child's heart ?* 

Can we kill the plant by cutting off the branches ? 

Let us have silent prayer, that God will root out this 
plant from our hearts. — Adapted from "Pansy." 



The Christian Farmer. 

The farm is — 

The world. Matt. 13: 38. Mark 16: 15. 
The work is to — 

1. Get the soil ready.- — Prov. 16: 1. John 16: 8, 9. 

2. Sow. 

Who is to sow ? The Farmer, and all his " hired 
help," (the missionaries). Acts 8 : 4. 
What? Good seed. Matt. 13: 27 1. c. Precious 
seed. — Ps. 126 : 6. 

* Answers may be given by the children, and written on the branches 
of the plant represented on the board. 



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When ? Morning and evening. — Eccl. 1 1 : 6. 
To-day.— Matt. 21 : 28. 

How ? Beside all waters. — Is. 32 : 20. Bounti- 
fully. — II Cor. 9: 6. With tears. Ps. 126: 5,6. 

3. Cultivate. — I Cor. 3 : 6. 

4. Reap. — Ps. 126: 6. Is. 55: 10, 11. 
The Reward. 

Dan. 12: 3. II Tim. 4: 8.— J. C. C. 



The Hand of Faith. 

Note to Leader : Draw the hand upon the black-board, using the hand of 
one of the children as a model. 

Impress the fact that for every act of ours mentioned here, God has promised 
to do some corresponding thing. 

i. Find. 

2. Ask. 

3. Incline. 

4. Take. 

5. Hold. 

I. We must find our Savior. But He is seeking us. 
It takes only a little while for a Seeking Savior and a 
seeking sinner to find each other. 

II. Then ask Him to save you. 
asked you to let Him save you. 
Gospel invitations.) 

III. You must incline your hearts to His com- 
mands. Illustrate by the anxious listener, bending 




But He has already 
(Quote some of the 



OUTLINES. 61 



toward the speaker. But the Savior inclines His ear to 
hear our call. 

IV. Then take His hand. But the Savior's hand is 
already reached out to take yours. Illustrate by the dif- 
ference between throwing a rope to a drowning person, 
and reaching a hand to him. The rope cannot grasp; it 
can only be grasped. 

V. Finally, hold on to the Savior's hand, as though 
it all depended on you, but know that the Savior will 
keep His hold upon you. The child on a slippery walk, 
although its father holds it safely by the hand, yet clings 
with all its little might to its father's hand. Contrast the 
policeman's hold on the little thief. The hold is all on 
one side. — A, S. Carman. 



The Book of Life. 

Speak of different kinds of books. How, and of what, 
made. What for? Get out of date— torn — lost — for- 
gotten. 

God's book; Book of Life; Book of Remembrance, 
will always be preserved. 

i. If we love and serve Him our names are written in 
it. If we fear even to displease him — if we love to think 
of, talk about Him — He writes our names in His book. — 
Mai. 3: 16. 

2. If our names are in God's book, He thinks about us, 
talks about us to the angels, and tells them to watch 
over and look after us. — Ps. 91 : 11, 



CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 



3. Those whose names are not written in God's book 
will never see Him. — Rev. 20: 15, and Rev. 21 : 27. 

4. You can know whether your name is written 
there, or not. — John 14: 15, and Is. 63 : 8. 

5. Moses and Paul talked about this book. — Ex. 
32: 32, and Phil. 4: 3. 

6. Is your name in God's book — are your friends' 
names there? Ask them; and ask God that none may 
ever be blotted out.— Rev. 3 : 5. — Mrs. V. J. Kent. 



Finding Rest. 

Strange directions for finding rest. 

Stand, — 

Walk. Jer. 6:16. 

Run- 
Become a servant. Is. 40: 31. 

Wear a yoke,— 

Bear burdens, — 

Learn lessons. Matt. 11 : 28-30. 

Suffer. II Cor. 12: 7-10. 
Why it is that we find rest in doing these 

THINGS. 
God is with us. Exodus 33: 14. 
We are laborers together with Him. I Cor. 3 : 9. 
He strengthens us. Is. 41 : 10. 
Supports us. Deut. 33: 27. 
We may cast our care on Him. I Peter $ : 7. 



OUTLINES. 63 



Conversion. 

What is it to be converted ? 

To love Jesus.* 

To be good. 

To be a Christian. 

To have our sins forgiven. 

To be made a child of God. 

To come to Jesus. 

To turn — be turned — toward God. Lam, 5 : 
21. Joel 2 : 12. 
Who has something to do that a child may be con- 
verted ? 

The child. 

God. 
What must the child do?** 

Repent ( Be sorry for his sins. ) 

Decide to forsake sin. Turn. 

Pray ( for forgiveness. ) 

Believe ( what God has said. e. g. I John, 1:9.) 

Be good (explain the proper place of this 
answer. ) 
What will God do ? 

Give the Holy Spirit (to help in all the child's 
efforts to turn.) 



*The first answers are the ones children usually give. A wise Leader will 
receive whatever honest answers the children give, correcting, explaining, 
enlarging, and turning everything to the best possible advantage. Let the Leader 
add to the last answer, the root-meaning of the word, and impress tbe thought. 

* >: The answers to this question must be carefully chosen from the many the 
children may give, so as to exclude error, and present the steps in their scriptural 
order. 



S4 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 



Forgive ( take away our sins. ) 

Adopt ( make him a child. ) 
Why should we be converted ? 

God commands it. 

To be made happy on earth. 

To be saved in Heaven. 

To help our friends to Christ. Acts 26: 18. 
What is the best time to be converted ? 

Childhood. 

Now. 
Have you been converted ? 



SERMONS FOR CHILDREN. 65 



CHAPTER VIII. 

SERMONS FOR CHILDREN. 

The Loving Invitation. 

Sing. — "Jesus loves even me." 

To day we will "have church" as big people do. I will 
be the Minister, and you will act as nicely as if you were 
forty or fifty years old. But I have sometimes seen old 
people fast asleep. in church, and as I want you to keep 
awake, I will ask you to help me preach the sermon. 

How many will promise to help me all they can? 
i Hands) Well there are four things you can do to help 
me, and I will write them on the blackboard so you 
will not forget them. 

1 . Listen. (When I speak. I 

2. Look. (When I write. I 

3. Speak. (When I ask you to.) 

4. Remember. (What you learn.) 

i Write the four underscored words on blackboard.) 
Xow tell me what you are to do. (Have children repeat 
the four words several times. J 

What do you listen with? i^Ears.) 

What do you look with ? (Eyes.) 

What do you speak with? (Tongue.) 

What do you remember with? (Mind.) 
(Erase all from the board.) 



66 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 



What does the minister do before he begins 
to preach ? (Tells what his text is.) Well I will tell 
you first what my text is (Put on the blackboard and 
have it repeated several times.) 

Text, Matthew, chapter 1 1 , verse 28. 

My text has only three words in it but they are 
very loving words from a very loving friend, and we 
will learn i. What he says. 2. Who he is. 3. To 
whom he speaks. 4. Why he speaks. 

The first word is one of the sweetest ever spoken, 
and I am sure you can all remember it. 

(Write on the blackboard the words, so as gradu- 
ally to work out diagram as at end of this lesson ) 
What He says? Come. 

(Illustrate how much more willing we are to do any- 
thing if some one helps or goes with us. A child who 
does not like to go when sent alone, is glad to go if 
the parent says, " Come." Many eloquent speakers urged 
others to go to the war without success, but the men 
who refused to go then were willing to go when some 
friend said. " Come, let us enter the army.") But be- 
fore we accept any invitation we want to know 
where we are invited, and so I must put the rest of my 
text on the board. (Write.) Where? Unto me. 
(See diagram.) But so many voices call, " Come with 
me, " and so many who would lead us astray invite us to 
go with them, that we want to know who it is that 
calls. (Let the children say whose words these are, and 
then write.) Who calls? Jesus. And if Jesus calls 
is it safe to follow Him? Yes, we are sure He will 
never lead us wrong. But we also want to know, to 



SERMONS FOR CHILDREN. 



whom He is speaking. If I made a great party for the 
boys and girls of this town, you would all be glad, but 
you would feel very badly if you found you were not in* 
vited. (Write on the board.) Who are called ? (As 
the children answer, write on blackboard — see diagram :) 

Children, Sinners. "Whosoever will." 

Now tell me why we should come to Jesus? (Write 
on board :) 

Why come? He can forgive my sins. He can 
cleanse my heart. 

Yes : we need Him. No other can take our sins 
away. But when should you come ? (Write:) 

When come? To-day. Now. 

It is not safe to wait — it is not best to wait. We 
cannot be happy, for we cannot be saved, until Jesus 
forgives our sins. 

How many want Him to forgive your sins to-day' 

Close with brief prayer. 

Sing '* Come to the Savior." 

W f hen the lesson is finished, the outline on blackboard 
will be as follows; 



Text : Matthew 
What? 


, chapter 1 1 : verse 28. 
Come. 


Where? 


Unto Me. 


Who calls? 


Jesus. 


Who are called? 


Children, Sinners, "Who- 
soever will." 


Why come? 


"•H32£S!"in|h2SL 


When come? 


To-Day. Now. 




— W. B. Jacobs 



CHILDR EN ' S MEE TIN GS. 



The Woman who was bent double. 

Today I want to tell you a Bible story; one which 
you may never have heard about. Did you ever hear 
any Bible story? Yes. (addressing some one whose 
hand has been raised) What was it about? (Let different 
children tell of Bible stories they have heard and put 
names mentioned on B. B. as David, Moses, Daniel, 
etc..) But this story is not about any of these persons, 
it is about " a woman who was bent double. " Did 
you ever hear that story? Did you know there was 
such a story in the Bible? Well, there is and I will 
read it to you, and I want every one of you to listen 
and learn all you can about her. (Read Luke 13: 10-17.) 

About whom is this lesson? A woman. 

What did she have? A spirit of Infirmity. 

Do you know what that means? It means a weak- 
ness. Could that hurt her? Many people have such 
things now, and they don't seem troubled about it. 
Bad habits, such as drinking, swearing, etc., are 
sometimes called "weaknesses." Do you think they do 
any harm ? Yes, they do, and a boy, or girl, or man, 
or woman is very foolish who thinks that such weaknesses 
do no harm. 

Let us see how this woman's weakness affected 
her. How long had she had it ? Eighteen years. 
And many a bad habit which we think does not amount to 
any thing, lasts even longer than eighteen years. How did 
it affect her? She was bowed together. 

Yes, she was bent double, and wherever she went 
people would notice her and either laugh at or pity 



SEA'J/OXS FOR CIIILDREX. 69 

her. But why didn't she straighten up, and walk like 
other people? She was helpless. Verse n, says: She 

could not help licrsclf. 

Could her neighbors help her ? 

No, her best friends could do nothing for her. 
But tell me how this came upon her? Satan bound her. 
Ah, that explains it all ! It was Satan's work, and he 
was stronger than the woman and stronger than her 
friends. And that is the trouble with our weaknesses; 
our bad habits. Who teaches boys and girls to steal 
and swear and lie and drink ? Satan. Yes, whenever you 
see a boy with bad habits you can say "Satan 
bound him* Does Satan like to harm us? Yes, 
God's word calls him our adversary or enemy, and 
says he seeks to devour us. (Read I Peter 5:8.) 
Whom does Satan seek? Every one of us, Yes he 
wants to destroy every little boy and girl and I sup- 
pose many who are here to day are under Satan's power. 
Can your friends save you? Can you save yourself? 
No, we cannot. But our lesson tells us of one 
who is mightier than Satan. Who is it? Jesus. 
Yes, Jesus is the friend we need. Now tell me 
what is said about Jesus? He sazu her. Yes, those 
loving eyes of Jesus saw her in her need, and they see 
us too in our helplessness and sin. How did He feel? 
He pitied her. Yes, Jesus' loving heart was full of pity 
for her, and it is for us. What did He do? Called her. 
And his voice is cal'ing us to day. What else did He 
do ? Touched her. Yes those loving hands were always 
held out to do good. They touched the Leper; they 
held the little children; they were nailed to the cross; 



70 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 

and they are held out to day toward us. And what 
else did He do? Healed her. How? By His power. 
And can He do the same for us ? Yes, He can. The 
poor woman was, and I may be, saved by Jesus. And 
now dear children let me read what the Bible says about 
every one of us. (Read Rom. 3: 23.) All are bent 
down by sin, some for a few years, some for many years. 
and we cannot save ourselves. What shall we do? Let 
us ask Jesus, who sees and pities and loves us, to heal 
and save us this day by His mighty power. — W. B. 
Jacobs. 

The outline on B. B. should be as follows : 



A WOMAN JESUS 

A Spirit of Infirmity Saw Her. 

18 Years. Pitied Her, 

_, ^ a., Called Her. 

Bowed Together. Touched Her. 

Helpless. Healed Her, 
BOUND BY SATAN. SAVED BY JESUS. 



Death. 



Luke 8 '. 52. — " She is not dead, but sleepeth. " 

This was spoken of a little girl twelve years old. 
Her friends all supposed she was dead. They were 
right; she was soon to be buried. Jesus came, and, 
knowing that she was dead, said, in the words of your 
text, " She is not dead, but sleepeth. " What did He 
mean He wanted to have the friends know that He 



SERMONS FOR CHI'LDREN. 71 

thought that they had a wrong idea of death, and 
wrong feelings in regard to it ; and in the sense in 
which they spoke and thought of death, the little girl 
was not dead. 

Now, I want to say a few words to you about death, 
for I know that many people have a wrong idea about it, 
and I am quite sure that Jesus had the right idea; and 
so long as it is true that half of the graves in the world 
are children's graves, I am very anxious to have you think 
and feel as you should concerning death. 

It is a blessed thing to go to sleep, when we are 
tired out and can drop to sleep in an instant. Some- 
times we wish we could have more time to play, but 
when the hour of sleep comes how sweetly it takes us 
in its arms, and nothing is more beautiful than a sleep- 
ing child. And it was only a few days ago that I saw 
a little child who had been suffering day after day die, 
and only in a few moments, such a sweet smile came up- 
on her lips, and I could not help saying " How sweetly 
she sleeps." 

The next thing for you to remember is, that those 
who go to sleep, wake up. When you have been to 
school six hours, and have helped mother at home, and 
have played very hard all the spare moments, you 
begin to find it very hard to hold up your head, and 
nothing seems bright and pleasant, but in the morning, 
when the sun looks in at the window, and says, " My 
little man, or little woman, it is time to get up," how 
bright the world looks; how strong and happy you feel; 
how very different from the way in which you felt the 
night before. So when any of us are put to sleep by 



C1IJ IDA" /{.V S MEE TINGS. 



Jesus, we can know that there is a morning coming, and 
when that has come we shall be so strong, and beautiful, 
and happy, that the night of our sleep will seem to have 
been very short. But I hear some little child say, "1 do 
not want to go to sleep in the ground ; I do not want 
to be put in a coffin ; " and you need not. Once in a 
while my little girl says " Papa, I don't want to go to bed 
up stairs;" she does not want to be alone, so her mother 
allows her to make her bed upon the lounge in the bright 
sitting-room. At length she falls asleep; then, when I 
am through with my studies, I carry her to her bed, 
and she knows nothing of the dark night nor the lonely 
room. In the same way no child of you will ever know 
anything about the grave or coffin, if you have to be 
buried in them. You will fall asleep at home, and when 
you wake, if you are Christ's, you awake in a better 
home. 

But another thing : we all grow when we are 
asleep. The reason why some children do not grow 
more is because they do not have sleep enough. A few 
months ago a farmer's boy put a kernel of corn in the 
ground ; you could pinch it between your little fingers, or 
hold a hundred kernels in your hand, but when the corn 
slept it grew, and to day it has become a tall stalk, with 
full ears and long rows of kernels. So if a little child's 
body is taken to the cemetery and left sleeping, it will 
not be very long, as God counts time, before it will come 
forth in heaven a most beautiful body, worthy to live in 
the beautiful land. 

And once again; do you not sometimes dream when 
you are asleep ? What does this mean ? That your mind 



SEXAfOXS EOti CHILDREN. 73 

is awake, waiting for your refreshed body in the morn- 
ing. So when you put the body to sleep in the grave, 
it is not the soul sleeping — that has gone to be with 
Jesus whom it loved, and as you all know that the 
soul is the most precious thing you have, you should 
remember, when you put the body away, it is like lay- 
ing aside the rough soil that holds a jewel until the 
Master can fashion it and place it in a beautiful casket. 
All we have to do when death comes is to say, " Now I 
lay me do\v r n to sleep, I pray Thee, Lord, my soul to 
keep. "— Rev. J. G. Merrill. 



God Thinking About Us. 

The Lord thinketh upon me. — Psa. 40 : 17. 

I want to tell you, from the Bible, some wonderful 
things about God's thoughts of us, and our thoughts of 
Him. The first is what the text tells us, that God 
thinks of us. When Nehemiah was building the wall at 
Jerusalem, and bad people were watching for a chance to 
kill him, he prayed, " Think upon me O GodV and the 
Lord did think upon him, and watch over him, so that 
he was saved from all harm. (Neh. 5 : 19.) 

At another time, when Jonah, one of God's ministers, 
was out on the sea, and a great storm arose that threw 
the waves all over the vessel, he prayed to God for all 
in the ship : " Think upon us, that we perish not ; " and 
all were saved, (Jon. 1 : 6.) 

It will be a beautiful prayer for many of us to say to- 
night. " Think upon me, O my God. " It is always 



74 • CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 

pleasant to have kind friends to say that they often think 
of us, but the best of all, is to read from the Bible, " The 
Lord thinketh upon me." David thought it was very 
wonderful, that the God who made all the stars, and 
takes care of all the worlds, should ever think about 
him, and so he sang with his beautiful harp: "What is 
man, that thou art mindful of him and the Son of man 
that thou regardest him ! " (Ps. 8 : 4.) 

And Job thought it was so strange that God should 
think of him, that he said, "What is man that thou 
shouldest set thine heart upon him!" (Job 7: 17.) 

In another place in the Bible, God says to us: "I 
know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith 
the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil. " (Jer. 
29: 11.) 

Many of God's loving thoughts about us are writ- 
ten in the Bible, so that one who loved God very much 
used to sing when he was reading it, " How precious 
are thy thoughts unto me, O God!" (Ps. 139: 17.) 

But God has a great many more thoughts about us 
than all He has written down in the Bible, so that 
David says : " Many, O Lord my God, are thy * * 
thoughts which are to us-ward, they cannot be reckoned 
up in order unto Thee, if I would declare and speak 
of them, they are more than can be numbered. "' (Ps. 
40: 5.) 

The sweetest of all God's thoughts toward us is that 
thought of his heart which we call love. One of the 
most precious things in all the Bible, and so short 
that the smallest child can remember it is — 
"God is Love. " 



SERMONS FOR CHILDREN. 75 

Now, if God first loved us, we ought to love Him, 
If He thinks loving thoughts of us, we ought not to 
think wicked thoughts of Him. We say, God is every- 
where, but a little boy once said: " There is one place 
where God is not." "Where?" u He is not in the 
thoughts of the wicked. " (Ps. 10:4.) If our hearts are 
full of wicked thoughts, God will not come in to dwell 
there as His temple. But God will know of our bad 
thoughts, for the Bible says, " Thou understandest my 
thought afar off. " (Ps. 139: 2; Amos 4: 13.) 

When Solomon was about to have the crown put on 
his head, and be a king, his dying father told him to be 
good, even down in his heart; because, he said, "The 
Lord understandeth all the imagination of the thoughts." 
(1 Chron. 28: 9.) 

And you remember how Jesus said to some people 
who were thinking wicked things about Him, which He 
could see in their hearts because He was God, " Where- 
fore think ye evil in your hearts?" (Matt. 9: 4.) 

God wants us to give up all our wicked thoughts for 
loving ones about Him, such as He has about us, and so 
He says : " Let the wicked forsake his way, and the un- 
righteous man his thoughts, and let him return unto 
the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him," (Isa. 

55= 7-) 

All who think back loving thoughts of God, to his 
loving thoughts of us, will have their names written in 
God's book of His special friends, for it says in the Bible* 
" A book of remembrance was written before Him, for 
them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon His 
name." (Mai. 3: 16.) 



76 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 

As God has written His loving thoughts toward us 
in the Bible on earth, will we not have loving thoughts 
of Him written in the Book of Remembrance in 
Heaven ?—Rev. W. F. Crafts. 



Naaman. 



Read for opening lesson II Kings 5: 1-16. 

To day I want to tell you about a great General who 
lived nearly a thousand years before Jesus came to this 
world. I will put his name on the board, and read 
about him, and I want you to notice what is said of 
him and I will put that on the board. (Write at top of 
blackboard.) Na-a-man. (Read verse I, clause by clause, 
except the last.) What is he called ? Captain of the host. 
Yes that means (write on board — see diagram,) He was 
General of the Army. A great man. Honorable. 
Mighty. His master was the king and it says, He had 
the kings favor. (Write.) We may be sure such a 
brave man also had the soldiers favor and the people's 
favor. (Write.) And he had Friends. Riches. Power. 
Honor. Fine clothes. 

(It is possible by questions to draw out the very 
answers you want.) 

Who would like to be in Naaman's place ? (Hands.) 
Yes it seems as if it would be grand to have all that he 
had, but I did not read all the verse to you. 

(Read last sentence — put on board.) 

But, He was a (leave space here) Leper. (Describe 
this terrible loathsome disease, and show that a person 



SERMONS FOR CHILDREN. 77 

who had it must sooner or later become an outcast from 
home and friends and society. Now, who would be 
like Naaman ? No, no one would be as he was, not even 
for all he had. For he was (write before the word 
Leper, the words) Poor, Miserable, Helpless. His 
money could not buy health. The king could not cure 
him. Fine clothing could hide his loathsomeness from 
others, but not from himself. How much this leprosy 
is like Sin. It was in the blood and could be covered up 
a long time but at last it must come out and it ends in 
death. We may have friends, riches, honor, power, and 
fine clothing. We may be called great, and be praised of 
men, but sin in our hearts will be our ruin unless it 
is taken away. 

Now I will read the rest of the story and we will see 
what Naaman did and how he was saved. (Read 
verses 2 — 16.) Whom did he hear about ? God's Prophet. 
(Write on blackboard — see diagram.) What did he do ? 
He heard of, He came to. He obeyed. He was healed. 
You, are like Naaman. Poor, Miserable, Helpless, 
Sinners. Fine clothes cannot cover up your sins. 
Money cannot buy salvation for you. You cannot save 
yourself. But there is a Great Physician, a mighty 
Healer, able and willing to save your soul from sin and 
death. Like the "Little Maid" in Naaman's house, 
I have come to tell you about Jesus the great 
Prophet of God who alone can heal and save you. Tell 
me, once more, what did Naaman do? (Have them 
read from blackboard.) He heard of, He came to, He 
obeyed Gods Prophet. He was Healed. (Close with 
prayer.) — IV. B Jacobs. 



78 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 



3ST-A. - A. « 1ML .A. 3ST . 

TTP WAQ General of the Army, 

n±i vva& A Greatj Honorable, Mighty Man. 

The King's Favor, 
The Soidiers' Love, 
HE HAD The Peoples Praise, 

Friends, Riches, Power, 
Honor, Fine Clothes, 

BUT HE WAS A Poo & P ^£;; a d b,e ' LEPER - 

Heard of 
HE Came to GOD'S PROPHET. 
Obeyed 

HCIE -\ftT^S HEALED. 



Sin, and its Remedy. 

Text Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life. Pr. 4 : 23. 

Objects for illustration. A grain of Corrosive Subli- 
mate, and some Iodide of Potassium, its antidote, 
dissolved separately in half-glasses of clear cold water. 
Handle with great caution, and do not forget to destroy 
all liquids left after the lesson. 

Leader, (Holding up the glass of poisonea water.) 
" Children, do you see this glass ? What is in it ? 

Answer. " Water. " 

"How does it look?" 

" Clear " " Good to drink. " 

" How many would drink it?" (Hands up.) 

"If I should tell you there's poison in it, and that if 
you drink it, it will kill you how many of you would 
believe it?" (Hands up.) 



SERMONS FOR CHILDREN. 79 

" It luill kill you ? Do you believe it ?" 

''Yes. " 

" Why do you believe it ? " 

" Because you say so." (Example of Faith.) 

"This glass with the poison in it represents the heart of 
an unconverted man or child. No matter how clear and 
pure it seems, it contains sin, just as this glass con- 
tains poison. Shall I tell you how I know? The 
Bible says so. You believed me when I told you there 
was poison here in this glass, and I believe God, when 
He tells me in his book about the wickedness of any 
heart that does not love Jesus. 

Johnny, bring me a glass of pure water from the 
pitcher- Would you drink this? I would, because I 
know there's no poison in it. It is pure water. But let 
me pour a little of this poison in it, would you drink 
it then ? No, indeed, it is poisonous too. Just so an 
evil heart will poison other hearts. If a boy uses bad 
words he will teach his companions to use them aLo. 

But what shall I do now with this poisoned water? 
Leave it standing carelessly about ? No, either throw it 
away or cure it — destroy the poison in it. That is what 
God must do with an evil, sinful soul If we won't let 
Him come and destroy the sin out of our heart, He 
must destroy us. But look now, I am going to pour in- 
to this glass of poison some thing which will destroy 
it — be its antidote — make it harmless. Notice what 
will happen first. " (Leader holds up glasses and pours 
a few drops of the Potass. Iodide into the poison. 
Notice blood-red sediment. " Scarlet, " (Is. I : 1 8) like sin.) 

"What is the first thin? the antidote does ?" 



80 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 

" Shows that the poison is there. " 

" And what must the sinful heart be shown the first 
thing, if it is to be cured ? " 

" That it is sinful. That there is sin there. " 

11 Do you know what it is that shows that ? It 
is the blessed Holy Spirit, when He comes into the 
heart. He is the antidote, the destroyer of sin, and the 
first thing He does is to show us how true the Bible is 
when it says we are sinners. (Holding up the glass.) 
Would you drink the water now ? 

"No, indeed." 

"Why not?" 

"Because it is not clear. " 

" There is but one thing that can make this water 
clear, and destroy all the poison in it, and that is more 
of the same thing which revealed it in the first place. " 
Leader pours in more of the antidote, and the liquid 
becomes quite clear. The poison is all destroyed. Illus- 
trate by this how the blessed Spirit destroys sin out of 
our hearts. Close the lesson with prayer, after explain- 
ing and teaching by heart Is. 1 : 18 "Though your sins 
be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow." — By Mrs. 
S, M. L Henry. 



The Weather. 

Job, 38 : 37. — 'Who can stay the bottles of heaven ? " 

In the Bible lands water was often very scarce, and 
hence very precious, and whenever it was necessary to 
save it to use on a long journey, or for any other reason, 
it was generally kept in bottles These bottles, so-called, 



SERMONS FOR CHILDREN. 81 

were made of the skins of animals, especially of the goat, 
and usually were, when filled, just the shape of the live 
animal with the head and feet cut off, and when the 
people wished to empty the skins they laid them on 
their sides and let the water run out. 

It was this custom which led him who spoke the 
words of the text to ask " Who can keep the water in 
the bottles of the heavens ? " as often in poetry, like our 
text, such comparisons are made. Now, during some 
weeks, it seems as though the bottles of heaven had 
been open nearly all the time, and I am afraid some of 
you children have grumbled about it, for children do not 
like rainy weather; and hence I have thought it a good 
plan to-day to find an answer to the question asked in 
our text, and then, perhaps, learn that it is not best to 
complain of the weather 

How does rain come? I will tell you one way, for 
there are many. When the wind blows from the south- 
east it comes from a warmer country than ours, and is 
often filled with moisture. As long as the wind is warm 
it can carry this moisture through the sky, and no one 
can see it at all ; but if; in its journey north, it meets 
some colder air, and begins to get cold, it cannot, hold 
the moisture as well, and so it forms clouds. Then, 
after a little, as the air grows still colder, the wind is 
less able to hold the moisture, the bottles are opened, 
and down comes the rain. 

Now who made the moist wind come from the 
south ? Was it not God ? And He made it meet the 
cold wind, which squeezed the clouds as you would 
squeeze a wet sponge. So He made the rain to fall. 



82 CHILDREN'S MEE TIXGS. 

When, therefore, we have stormy weather, we will re- 
member — 

First. God makes it rain. He knows when it is 
needed, and sends it to keep the ground wet enough to 
make the trees, plants, and flowers grow. So that one 
who complains of the weather is finding fault with God. 

Second. We do not know when it ought to begin 
or to stop raining. Two years ago if you had watched 
men digging post holes or cellars, you would have seen 
that the ground, three or four feet down, was dry as ashes, 
and if you had gone out into the country you would 
have learned that the springs were dry, and there was 
very little water in the wells , and yet there was rain 
enough to make the corn grow, and the roads were very 
nice, and we were glad that it rained so little. But 
because there was no more rain the trees had nothing 
for their leaves and roots to drink, and so very many of 
them have died. Then, last year it rained a great deal, 
and everybody grumbled at the mud, and the clouds, 
and all the while Gjd was getting the ground ready to 
give us such a fruitful season this year as we have not 
had for a long time. And now, if this fall it rains again re- 
member that God knows better than you and I do, how 
much the trees need to drink, and how much rain it will 
take to keep the springs full and keep the wells from 
drying up. 

Third. We should remember that, if the rain comes 
when we are not ready for it, our plans are of very little 
account. You don't like to put on your rubbers and 
old clothes to go to school, you wish it would not rain 
while school keeps. Surely, you would not want it to 



SERMONS FOR CHILDREN, 



rain Saturday, nor all vacation ; and your father, if he 
keeps store, don't want it to rain Saturday, either, for 
that is the best day for people to come in from the 
country to trade. Then I come in and I say : " I think it 
is bad to have it rain Sundays, for there are so many 
men and women who seem to feel that a Sunday rain is 
the wettest of all rains, and that it will wash them away 
if they go out in it. " So all the time it can rain and 
suit everybody is nights, and then, how muddy the roads 
would be every day; that would displease everybody, and 
by the time you had everybody suited before the rain 
should come, it would not come at all. 

Suppose there should be a vote taken : the minister 
votes against Sunday; the wash-woman, Monday, the 
hay-makers, Tuesday; a picnic, Wednesday; those who 
want to go to prayer meeting, Thursday; the temperance 
celebration, Friday, the merchant, Saturday. I rather 
think, children, that we had better let the rain bottles 
alone and when God sees fit to have the rain come, feel 
that He knows best, that it is better to have his great 
plans carried out than our little ones; and more than 
all, we should not allow a little mud, or the trouble of 
drying clothes, or a bad feeling in our hearts, when 
it is cloudy or stormy, to lead us to find fault with 
Him who is so kind as to send His rain on the unthank- 
ful as well as the thankful. — Rev. J. G. Merrill. 



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CHAPTER IX. 

OUTLINES. 

Salt. 

1. Hold a lump 01 salt before the children. Ask what 
it is. Some will say sugar, some salt. Call some one to 
taste it. No mistaking the taste — salt. 

2. Call attention to the following facts, (a.) Salt 
has a taste of its own, not like anything else, (b.) That 
it makes everything it is mixed with, taste like it. (c.) 
That it keeps everything it is mixed with from spoil- 
ing, (d.) That unless it shows by its taste that it is 
salt it is good for nothing. 

3. Teach that true Christians are (a.) Like ChnV, 
the true salt, but unlike other people, (b.) That those 
whom they go with, grow to be like them, (c.) That 
they keep the world from being wholly ruined by sin. (d.) 
That Christians who are not seen to be like Christ are 
good for nothing in the world. — Bv Marv G. Burdette. 



A Little Cake. 

Text.— I. Kings, 17 : 13. 

(Read the story of Elijah and the widow of Zaraphath, 
I. Kings, 17: 8-16, then close the book, and draw out the 
leading points from the children.) 



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What would have resulted if Elijah had been unwill- 
ing to be fed by a poor woman? 

What if the widow had not obeyed the prophet, but 
had supplied her own wants first? 

God wants "a little cake first" from us. 

i . The first of our money. — Prov. 3 : 9. 

2. The first of each day for studying His word, and 
thinking about him. — Ps. 5:3. 

3. The first of our lives given to Him, — Eccl. 12:1. 
Result. Rom. 1 1 : 16. 



The Vine and the Branches. 

Bible Lesson.— John 15 1-8. 

Object for Illustration. — A piece of a freshly 
cut grape-vine with grapes growing from it, and dead 
branches and briars tied on. Also another branch, liv- 
ing, healthy, but bearing " nothing but leaves." 
Teaching Outlines, 

i. Jesus is the vine; Christians, the branches; God, 
the husbandman. 

2. The branches are frail. 

3. The branches bear the grapes, not the vine. 

4. But they get all their life from the vine. 

5. The sap from the vine enters the branch at 

points of connection. (Prayer, Bible-study^ 
etc.) 

6. Fruitful branches are purged.* 

*Explain why and how a vine dresser prunes his vines. Tell how giving up 
worldlv pleasure, trials, afflictions discipline the Christian to "bring forth more 
fruit." 



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7. A wise husbandman never trims the branches 

too closely. I Cor. 10 : 13. 

8. Fruitfulness glorifies not the branch, but the 

husbandman. 

9. What is the use of the branch that bears "noth- 

ing but leaves?" 

10. Who are the briars and the dead branches tied 

on ? (What are you ?) 

11. What shall be done with them? (verse 6.) 

Adapted from Knox P. Taylor 



The Candle Sermon. 

Text: Ye are the light of the world. Matt. 5:14. 

Material needed : A stiff paste-board box with holes 
cut in the bottom for the candles. Set the box on a table 
upside down, and insert the candles as they are required. 
Besides this it is necessary to have white and colored 
candles of various sizes, a large-mouthed bottle, a piece 
of magnesium wire, a silver dollar, a pair of candle snuf- 
fers, some thin tapers, and a moist sponge with which to 
put out the candles at the close of the exercise. 

Ask all the children to repeat your text after you. 
Jesus said " Ye are the light of the world." Talk a little 
about physical light, then lead on to mental light, as 
where the child sees a truth; thence go to spiritual light, 
and say that we will to-day illustrate by these candles the 
way in which we may be the spiritual light of the world. 

I. Place a plain white candle in its socket or hole. 
No light. Why? Because it is not lighted. Light the 



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candle. Now it burns. We are of no use unless we 
give light; the light that Christ speaks of when He 
says, "Ye are the light of the world." That is what 
Christians are for, to give light to the world. 

II. Now exhibit some colored candles. Light 
them. Call attention to the fact that they give no more 
light than the plain candles. Does their color or beauty 
help them. No. For purposes of light giving they are 
no better than others. Moral: Fine clothes, elegant 
houses, money, do not take the place of light-giving. If 
we give no light they are really hindrances. We must 
beware how we take pride in any such things. 

III. Now light the smaller candles, and a taper or 
two. See, they give light, too. Moral : Let no one say, 
"I am too little, or too young. If I was like my mother 
or teacher I would shine, but it is no use, I am too 
small." Shine as much as you can. That is all God asks 
of you. 

IV. Snuff one little candle carelessly, so that it shall 
be put out. Moral : Some old-fashioned deacons, and 
other folks, snub the little lambs and discourage them. 
But Jesus said, " Let them come ! " 

V. All this time a very large candle — say eighteen 
inches long — has been standing in a candle-stick at your 
side, unlighted. So far you have said nothing about it. 
Now call attention to it. Show that the little burning 
tapers are of more use than the big unlighted candle. 
An unlighted candle, however big, is useless. So an 
unconverted man, however old or learned, is of no use to 
God, or to his fellow men. He must first give light. 
"Let your light shine," said Jesus. 



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VI. Now take a little burning taper, and with it 
light the big candle. See, the little taper lighted the large 
candle ! Yes, so is it. By God's grace little children 
can often lead their parents to God. 

VII. Take a small lighted candle in your hand and 
hold a silver dollar in front of it. Can you see the light 
well? No, it is obscured. Why? Because the dollar is 
too near it ? So let the love of money gather around the 
Christian's heart and his light grows dim, the Sunday- 
school languishes, foreign missions die out, church debts 
are not paid, because the Christian loves his dollar too 
much. "The love of money is the root of all evil." 

VIII. Now take a piece of magnesium wire about 
three inches long and burn it. It will light up a large 
room brilliantly, It soon goes out. It is like a flash- 
light. So some people are flasJi-Christians . They burn 
very bright in ievivals, but six weeks after where are 
they? Backsliding. The light has gone out. How 
great that darkness ! Better burn less brightly and more 
steadily. 

IX. But what is this? A bottle. Yes, that re- 
minds me of the " black bottle " you see in the rum- 
shops. Invert it over a small candle, and in half a min- 
ute the candle is extinguished. Well, that is just the 
way with the Christian's light when the bottle gets hold 
of him. (Temperance anecdotes.) 

X. But now I'll turn this deep paper box over one 
of the candles and make it tight around the bottom so 
not one gleam of light can shine out. Now we'll all stop 
and sing "Jesus bids us shine," and afterward we'll see 
how the little candle that isn't letting its light shine, gets 



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along. After the song, lift the box. If air tight, the 
candle has gone out. So with Christians, if they will 
not let their light shine, they themselves will die out . 

XL As each candle is lighted let it keep on burning.* 
By this time you will have six or seven burning. Call 
attention to the fact that all were lighted from the first 
candle. Does that one lose light in consequence ? Well, 
you need never be afraid to be a light to others lest you 
should burn less brightly yourself. " There is that scat- 
tered! and yet increaseth." 

XII. Now ask all the children to repeat the verse, "I 
am the light of the world." Jesus said this. Did any of 
these candles light themselves ? No. All had to be 
lighted from outside. So with us, we must first go to 
Jesus to get light, for He is the Light of the world. 
Only after we have got light from Him can we give any 
light to others. Now, won't some one right here wd 
now, go to Him and ask Him for spiritual light ? Close 
with an earnest appeal, and sing, " The Light of the 
world is Jesus." — Arranged by Rev. A. F. Schauffler. 



tThe Two Cups. 

Now, my little men and women, what have I in my 
hands ? (Hold up two bottles, precisely alike, one filled 

* If one of the candles should burn out while you talk, say, "Yes, candles 
will burn down and go out, but Christians need not. And when their light seems 
to be extinguished by death, they are only translated to the skies, where they 
Fhall sparkle and glow always. "They that be wise shall shine as the brightness 
of the firmament, and they that turn many to righteousness, as the stars, forever 
and ever." Dan. 12: 3. 

t Arranged from a lesson originally given in a children's meeting at Lake 
Bluff, by Mrs. S. M. I. Henry. 



90 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 

with water, the other with alcohol.) Here, let us write 
the names upon the black-board. On the right side, 
" Water, " on the left side " Alcohol. " You know very 
well what the first word means. The second is Arabic, 
the language of the people you have read about in the 
"Arabian Nights." And the word Alcohol (El Gohul 
is the right way to spell it) means " Great Evil Spirit." 
It wasn't enough to call it the evil spirit, but the 
Arabians, because they had never found any thing else 
that did so much harm, called it the great evil spirit. 
Now what does " alcohol " mean ? 

But is it not curious that the bottles look so much 
alike ? Which is which ? Can you tell ? (Let children 
guess.) I don't believe you can, for I confess to you I 
don't know myself. But we can soon find out, that is, 
if the druggist has been fair about it, for I told him to 
fill one with pure, harmless, pleasant cold water, and 
the other with alcohol which has made more people 
wicked and sick and sad than any thing else upon the 
face of the earth. Now how can I find out which bottle 
has the water and which the alcohol? (Let children 
exert their ingenuity at this point. They will be apt 
to say some things that you can write upon the black- 
board under the word "alcohol. ") 

Suppose I should pour a little from the bottles into 
two saucers, and offer them to your dog when he is 
thirsty, which would he drink? The water. Could I 
coax him to drink the other? No, he wouldn't unless 
I held him tight and got somebody to hold his jaws 
open while I poured down the wretched stuff. And it 
would be just so if, instead of alcohol I had some one of 



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the other drinks that people sell in saloons and like to 
drink because of the alcohol that is in them. Name 
some of these drinks. (Children name " brandy, " 
"whisky," "beer," "wine," "cider," and leader write the 
words down in smaller letters under the word " alcohol. " 
Different colored crayons could be used to imitate the 
colors of the drinks. Keep clearly before the children 
that alcohol is the peculiar ingredient in them all. I 
But to go back to these little bottles that look so 
much alike. Suppose I should offer some of the alco- 
hol to a horse or cow, would they drink ? No, and yet 
some people try to make us believe that we need alcoholic 
drinks to make us strong. But the strongest man can 
not carry what a horse can, yet from which of these 
bottles would the horse drink if at all ? 

Now, let us see what other way I could take to find 
out which is which. How many of you have a baby 
brother at home? {Hands up.) Or a sister? Suppose I 
should pour out a table-spoonful of the water and 
gently feed it to the baby. Would it hurt him ? But 
suppose I should give it a table-spoonful of alcohol? 
It would go into fits and probably die. Why? Because 
God made the water for us to use, but we were not 
made to drink alcohol, nor anything that has alcohol in 
it, because it burns us in our stomach and brains. It 
burns a man's cheek and nose too if he keeps at it long 
enough. You all know that. The only living creature 
that would choose to drink the alcohol would be some 
poor fellow who had got his stomach so crazy that it 
wanted to be burned, and his brain so crazy that it was 
willing the burning should take place. The Indians call 



92 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 

drinks that have alcohol in them " fire-water ;" because 
they burn so. But what way can we take to find 
out ? Suppose we drop this white of an egg in water, 
^Leader breaks an egg in water) will it be changed ? See, 
not at all. But suppose the water was hot ? Now we 
will pour out a little of this alcohol and drop the white 
of another egg in it. What ! is it being cooked? Sure 
enough ! Children, our brains are something like this 
egg, and alcohol hardens them, if we use it, just in the 
same way. That's what makes a drunken man stagger 
so, when he tries to walk, and talk so strangly when 
he tries to talk. And then if I should pour from each 
bottle on two lilies just alike, what would happen? 
One would be fresher and brighter, the other would 
shrivel up and be spoiled. For one is the water cf life, 
and the other the water of death. (Write these two 
names on the black-board, under their respective syno- 
nyms. Also write down a word or two to stand for 
each test as you bring it forward.) 

But I want to find out which is which right here and 
now. How can I ? " Taste " says somebody. No, I have 
signed the pledge. I would no more taste than I would 
take poison. "Smell;" No, that is too disagreeable. I 
am obliged to do that every time I pass a saloon, or a 
man who drinks, and that is as often as I can endure. 
Can you not think of some harmless way ? See, I will 
pour out what is in each bottle into a plate. Now I 
will soak a piece of paper in each. Now I will light a 
match, and which of the two papers, will burn ; surely 
not the one wet with water, for water puts out fire, 
bnt the one wet in alcohol, the fire-water. (Now per- 



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form the experiment.) Here, this is the bottle that had 
the great evil spirit corked up in it, and this had the 
" pure and sparkling water. " 

Now let us repeat some of the texts out of God's 
book in praise ol water. (Ps. 147 : y-S. Ps. 9-10 Is. 44-18. 
Marks 9: 41. Let these texts be repeated by leader 
and echoed by children. Or, having been asigned before 
hand, they may now be read or recited by the children 
designated, the Leader explaining and emphasizing.) 

And now we will see what the Bible says about 
strong drink: Prov. 20: 1 — wine deceives. Prov. 29 : 
16-21 — its effect upon the body. Is. 28 : 1 — its effect up- 
on the mind. I Cor: 6-10 — its eternal effect. 



Bible Temperance Lesson. 

Boys and girls know a great deal about animals. Let 
us talk to-day about the most fierce and terrible 
animal that you can think of. What is it called? [The 

lion will be mentioned. 

Draw a lion's head, or 

if you cannot draw, pin 

one cut from a book or 

paper, on the board.] 

The lion you can see but 

seldom. Now right by 
the side of this, I will put the head of another kind of 
animal which you see every day. [Let this be a man's 
head. The children will exclaim at this. Some do not 
know that man is an animal. Explain that fact and tell 





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that he was made in God's image, and was given 
heart and reason and will. The lion will rouse the greater 
interest. Children always like to hear about lions. 
They are big and fierce, and make such a horrible noise. 
Call out what they know of the habits of the lion, throw- 
ing in bits yourself.] But why, you wonder, do I put a 
man by the side of the lion? The lion loves to kill and 
destroy. There is no safety but in keeping out of his 
way. Can it be that there are men who are like him in 
this ? If so, we want to know who they are, that we 
may keep out of their way. 

What book is this ? The Bible. Whose word is it ? 
[Print, or write plainly, Jer. 5:6: 4< A lion out of 
the forest shall slay them."] Now, it is true that 
there are man-lions all around, waiting to slay you, and 
lest you may not know them when you see them, we 
want to tell you who they are and what they are like. 
May be you think you are safe; you know that a lion can 
kill you, but you say you are not afraid of a man. Ah! 
but they are waiting to slay you — you Henry, and you 
John. You cannot go into the street of some cities, but 
you come upon their dens. You may have passed some 
of them to-day. I have, and just out 
of sight behind those doors are men 
who are trying to catch and slay you. I 
will make an entrance to one of these 
dens. [Make an open door with the 
screen just inside. The children will 
know at once that it is a saloon.] 

How many of you have seen this kind of a trap? 
(Show real mouse trap, if possible, with bait of cheese.) 




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Such a nice, safe-looking little house! Here is a pretty 
room and something to eat — a free lunch beside! Must 
just take a few steps to get it ! But the mouse thinks 
there is no danger. He only finds himself in another 
pleasant room. But he finds too late that the door 
doesn't open to let him back! 

Here is what God says again about such people. Jer. 
5:26. ' "For among my people are found wicked men. 
They lay wait as he that setteth snares : they set a trap, 
they catch men." You are not afraid of these lions, for 
they do not roar: they do not rush out at you and devour 
you at once. No, but they "set a trap." Here is one 
of the traps. [Sketch 
a cigar.] That is a 
very little trap you 
may think, but a 
great many are 
caught by it. Here 
s another [Make a glass of beer]. How many of you 
have seen such a trap as this ? Where may it always be 
found ? Here is an innocent looking lit 
tie trap [a dice box with dice]. Ah! how 
many have been caught by it. Now, 
boys, you know very well that just such 
traps as these are sure to be set in 
drinking places. Wouldn't you bet- 
ter look out for the men who "lay wait," who "set a 
trap," who " catch men," as the Bible says, and who, like 
the lion out of the forest, make it their business to slay 
all they can catch? Their dens may look very pleasant 
and harmless, but thev are not so. There ought 






96 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 

to be great piles of bones at the entrance, for they kill 
men inside. [Tell yEsop's fable about the lion who com- 
plained to the fox that he did not visit him when he was 
sick. The fox excused himself by saying that he came 
to the door of the den and found so many bones that he 
did not feel like going farther.] 

Boys, don't be deceived; and girls, try and keep. every- 
body away from the nice room in which you see the cigar, 
the glass of beer and the dice box! They are little traps, 
leading you into a larger and stronger trap which will 
surely snap and shut you in! Wicked men are inside. 
They have set the traps; they catch men, and they love to 
catch boys, too, for boys grow to be men. Are not these 
men like lions? — Miss Martha Van Marter. 



Being Converted.* 

Explain what it is to be converted : changea, so that 
the bad disposition is taken out of us. 

I. Children may be converted. They all belong to 
Jesus, and he means to save them all, if he can. He 
does not mean to let Satan get one of them. He said 
"Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them 
not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven." Jesus tells 
all the children in their hearts, to come to Him. A 
little girl was going to repeat a text in a Sunday- 

*This admirable lesson was contributed by Mrs. Willing after the lesson on 
page 63 was in type. We are happy to present it, cs showing the mind of instruc" 
tors of children, as to the need of definite Gospel teaching existing with the young 
as well as the old.— Eds. 



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school concert. She became scared and partly forgot it, 
so she said : " Let all the little children come to me. 
They'll all come straight along if you don't stop them.'* 

2. Children must be converted. They have bad 
hearts. They cheat in school. They are cross at home. 
They snarl when they are told to do something that 
they do not like to do. They strike back. They hate 
folks that are mean to them. They tell wrong stories. 

They are sorry, and try to do better, but they can't. 
Their mothers feel badly because they are so naughty, 
but they can't make the poor little hearts good. No- 
body can but Jesus. May be they do not do these 
wicked things, but their hearts are bad, all the same. 
Illustrate by the story of a little girl of six who was 
never naughty, yet who was given by the Holy Spirit to 
see her bad heart, and who could not stop crying about 
it till Jesus took it and made it new. 

3. How can they be converted? They must give 
up trying to make their own hearts right. Illustrate by 
the story of a little girl who said she did not want to 
say, " for Jesus' sake " any more when she prayed, because 
she could " be good her own self." Show how she failed. 

They must promise to do all the things Jesus wants 
them to do. 

They must come to him for a new heart. He said, 
" Come unto me." They must believe He takes them. 
He said, " Him that cometh unto me I will in no wise 
cast out." They must believe, " He takes me as I am." 
He does forgive my sins and gives me a new heart. 
" Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be 
saved." 



98 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 

4. They must have all the bad taken out of the 
heart. After Jesus forgives their sins they find it hard 
work to do right always. Illustrate by a little Quaker 
boy, who said, " I know the Lord forgave my sins when 
the load rolled off in the meeting, but I'm not converted 
just right, yet, for I get mad sometimes when the boys 
tease me." 

Let us all go to Jesus and be converted "just ri%ht! 
Mrs, J. F. Willing. 



Walking Christians. 

Read the story of the lame man healed at Lystra. Acts 14; 10. 

Had he only leaped the people might not have be- 
lieved. Walking a proof of his cure. A Christian's 
walk, or life, a proof of his conversion. 
A Christian should walk for Jesus. 

When ? Every day. 

Where ? In the paths Jesus would choose. 

How ? Step by step. 
Some of the steps. 

An angry thought crushed. 

A kind word spoken. 

An unkind act forgiven. 

A temptation resisted. 
Two reasons why Christians sometimes do not walk. 

1. Lame. 

2. Too weak. 

Lame. — They are crippled bv some sin. How can we 



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be cured ? Go to the Great Physician " who forgiveth all 
thine iniquities, who healeth all thy diseases." 

Too weak — Because they have not fed their soul 
upon God's word. 

How can we feed upon it ? Learn a verse every day. 
Think about it; ask God to help us understand it.— 
Carrie B. Reynolds- 




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CHAPTER X. 

OUTLINES. 

The Bible-Boy's Crown. 




Like ISAAC, Obedient; - 
" Joseph, Pure; - 
" Moses, Faithful; - 
" Samuel, Prayerful; 
" David, Courageous; 
" Solomon, Wise; 
" Daniel, Temperate; 
God, his Father. 
Heaven, his home. 



- Love, his watchword. 
Truth, his girdle. 

- Faith, his shield. 
The Spirit, his Teacher 

- The Word, his sword. 
The Bible, his guide. 

- Self-denial, his habit. 
Jesus, his Saviour. 
Eternal life, his portion. 

A Crown of Victory, his reward. 

B. F. Jacobs. 



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The Whole Armor. 



Text.— "Put on the whole armor of God." Eph. 6 : n. 

Introductory. 

Where was the text written ? Whom did Paul see 
most frequently in prison ? Roman soldier to whom he 
was bound. Describe the armor of a Roman soldier. 

Use of an armor ? Protection. 

Name some of the "good fights" which a Christian is 
to fight. Intemperance everywhere; impatience, ill-tem- 
per, selfishness — all kinds of sin striving to enter our 
own hearts. 

How to become God's soldiers ? Enlist. Take 
Jesus for our Captain, and obey. He met sin and died 
on the cross, that we might conquer sin and temptation 
by trusting in Him, and following His example. 
The Armor. 

After enlisting, put on the whole armor. The 
Christian s armor is not of iron, but is stronger than iron. 

Its parts are : 

The Girdle — Truth. ( Saying what is right.) Illus- 
trate by story of some noble, truth-loving child. 

Breast-plate — Righteousness. ( Doing what is right.) 

Shoes — Gospel of Peace. Illustrate by Achilles, who 
could only be wounded in the heel. Many Christian 
soldiers wounded in the feet. Lose their souls on "slip- 
pery places" — going to balls, saloons, etc. 

Helmet — Salvation. Protection for our brains, eyes, 
tongues, against sinning. 

Shield— Faith. 



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Closing Thought. 

Take Sword of Spirit also — Word of God. This is 
not part of an armor, but a weapon. 

The Mohammedans write texts from their Koran 
(explain) on their sword blades before they go to war, 
but our Bible is itself a sword blade, covered all over by 
the word of the eternal God. Our sword is made up of 
words without any blade. 

"Suppose I were a soldier, and did not know much 
how to use a sword, it would not be of much use to me, 
would it?" "No, sir.' 

"And if we have gilt-edged Bibles with gold clasps, 
and do not read or use them, they will not help us much, 
will they?" "No, sir." 

"Bibles must be used — thought about, studied, talked 
of. If a child is tempted to steal, can you think of any- 
thing that will help keep it from stealing?" "'Thou 
shalt not steal. * 

"And suppose you were tempted to tell a lie?'" 
"'Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord. " 

"That is drawing the sword, isn't it? Suppose a boy 
is tempted to get angry, is there anything in the Bible 
for him?" "'Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, 
for I am meek and lowly in heart. 5 '' 

"Can you think of anything else?" "'A soft answer 
turneth away wrath.' " 

So let us conquer every temptation by wearing the 

girdle of Truth, the breast-plate of Righteousness, the 

shoes of the Gospel, the helmet of Salvation, and the 

shield of Faith; and by wielding the sword of the Spirit. 

Adapted from Rev. W. F. Crafts. 







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Acrostics, 






"Watch."— Mark 14: 38. 






W ords. 






A ctions. 






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"Love.'— Ps. 119: 97. 


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The Bible. What it is. 


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Prof. C. W. Jerome. 



The Rebellious City. 

I want to tell you about a city. Listen while I de- 
scribe it, and maybe you can guess its name. 

The city had a wall around it, and to take care of the 



104 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 

wall were two keepers, each having hve servants ; and 
there were two strong men always ready to help when told 
to do anything. There were two gates in the wall, and 
two watch-towers out of which to look when danger was 
near. There was a cistern, and a wheel turning, and 
there was a pitcher at the fountain. There was a golden 
bowl fastened with a silver cord, and there was a mill like 
two stones moving against each other and grinding all 
that was put between them. The King who owned that 
city wanted to come into it, but it was all shut up tight. 
Then He sent people with trumpets to go about it; their 
voices came in through the gates of the city, but still it 
was kept closed. A long, long time the King tried to get 
in. He could have taken it by force for He had built it 
in the first place, and it was His own city, but He chose 
to stay outside till He should be welcomed in. 

After awhile the wall began to get very old; the 
strong men got so old that they could scarcely walk 
about; the keepers trembled when they tried to do any- 
thing, and all the servants were too old to do their duty, 
Even the watch-towers became so dark that they were 
no longer of any use. At length, one day the strong men 
were found dead, and so were the keepers and all the 
servants. The mill had stopped grinding, the pitcher 
was broken at the fountain, and the silver cord was 
loosed. Then the sorrowful King went in and took the 
city. If He had only been allowed to come in before, 
He would have made it one of the happiest cities in the 
world, but without Him it was always full of trouble, 
Can you tell me the name of the city ? Dear ones, it was 
the heart of a man who did not love God. God was the 



OUTLINES. IC5 



King who wanted to get in. Ministers and Sunday- 
school teachers were the people God sent with the 
trumpets, and the trumpets were the Bibles from which 
they read God's words. 

Let the leader now give carefully the meaning of the 
symbolism of Eccl. 12 : 1-7, in every point. The city is 
the heart; wall, body; gates, ears; keepers, hands; strong 
men, legs; mill, teeth; watch-towers, eyes; fountain and 
cistern, heart; pitcher and wheel, lungs; golden bowl, 
skull ; silver cord, spinal cord ; white leaves, gray hair. 
As far as possible have the children touch the parts of 
their bodies named. Close by urging them to let the 
King come in while their keepers, etc., are young. Teach 
them that by faith in the loving Christ, He, the King of 
glory, will come in, and bring with Him the only true hap- 
piness. — Mrs. W. F. Crafts. 



First Fruits. 

A LESSON ON THE TITHE. 

Read Deut. 26: i-u,fora beautiful explanation of 
the law of first fruits. If the children are- small, give the 
narrative in simple words of your own. 
Gods Share. 

Teach the children that God has always required His 
people to give Him a share. Tell the story of the first 
two children (Gen. 4: 3-5), and show how wrong offer- 
ing was followed by anger, by hatred, by murder. 



106 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 

God claims for His special service a portion of 
His people, their time, their money. 

He receives a share of His people when we set apart 
and support certain ones for His ministry. 

We give Him a share of our time by keeping the 
Sabbath. 

We give Him a share of our money by spending a 
portion entirely for His cause. 

But when we give God a share of our time it is 
because it all belongs to Him ; and when we set apart 
certain ministers for God's special service it is in order 
that we all may serve Him better. So when we spend 
a share of our money for religious purposes it is a prom- 
ise that all our money shall be rightly used. 
What share of our money shall we give ? 

Abraham and all the children of Israel gave the tenth 
of their increase, or income. Jesus approved this (Luke 
1 1 : 42) ; and all Christian people who have given the tenth 
to the Lord have been greatly blessed and prospered. 

When a part of God's people give their whole time 
to God's service, the entire people is prospered more than 
where all work for themselves. 

Where we give one day entirely to God's work we 
can do more in the other six than when we try to use all 
seven for ourselves. 

So when we give the tenth of our money to God's 
special service, He makes the other nine-tenths do more 
for us than the whole would do. — A. S '. Carman. 



Note fob Leader.— Simplify the above as may be necessary, and explain 
the tenth by illustrating with pennies for those of the children who have not studied 
fractions. 



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The Widow's Son. 

Locate on map, and describe the village of Nain. If 
you can show picture from Bible geography or diction- 
ary, good. 

Jesus visited Nain only once (illustrate by visit to 
your place of some great man) met a funeral, broke it 
up. Would you like to know how? 

It was the only son of a widow, who was dead. De- 
scribe the procession, body wrapped in cloth lying on a 
bier, weeping women, heart-broken mother. Jesus 
stopped them, said "Young man, I say unto thee, arise !"* 
Tell how the dead arose, and how Jesus gave him to his 
mother, alive and well. Jesus is the Life-giver. No one 
ever died in His presence. 

There are other dear friends, only sons, dear children, 
whose bodies are dead now in sad homes waiting to be 
carried out to burial. Jesus sees that it is not best to 
raise the bodies of all our friends, for death is the " door 
to Heaven" to a soul that loves Jesus. But worse than 
that, there are dead souls all around us, "dead in sin." 
Illustrate — explain. Jesus' great work is to give life to 
these dead souls. He has given life to some of us, oh, 
let us tell about him to every one. And if there is one 
here who has not been made alive and well by Jesus, 
why not come to Him to-day? He wants us to come. 
One of His saddest complaints was " Ye will not come 
unto me, that ye may have life." 

He made the widow's son well. 

He will make us well. 



108 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 

He gave him back to his mother. 
He will give us back to God, "without spot or blem- 
ish." — Adapted from Mrs. George R. Partridge. 



The Sunday School Scholar's Responsibility. 

Five things which the teacher cannot do for the 
scholar. 

!Be present and punctual in the 
scholar's place. 
Learn the lesson. 
Do the giving. 
Do the praying. 
Accept Christ. 

So even the children have great responsibility in the 
Sunday School work. — Mrs. Caroline M. Harris. 



Lessons from the Magnet. 

Read Matt. 11- 28; Matt. 16 24; Mark 10: 14; John 12: 32. 

Place on the table before the children a variety of 
nails and bits of iron. Show how readily a good-sized 
magnet will draiv these nails, repeating the word " draiv" 
frequently. Then state that the magnet represents 
Christ in his power to draw all the world to Him. The 
nails represent mankind, large and small. 

To illustrate how sinners may get between Christ and 
other sinners and keep them from Him, get a few large 
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between the bright nails and the magnet. When the 
magnet is pressed against the rusty nail it is not drawn, 
and neither will it allow the nail beyond to be drawn. 
By and by let them both fall to the floor. During all, 
represent the rusty sinners as "keeping back." " Let's go 
fishing instead of to Sunday-school." "What's the use 
of going to church?"— and so illustrate responsibility, 
" He that is not for Christ is against Him." Then even 
a professing Christian may act somewhat the part of the 
rusty sinner. Careless and lukewarm friends stand in 
the way of other friends. 

To illustrate walking by faith, place a bit of iron under 
a sheet of paper. Place the magnet over it, and move 
this about so all can see the iron following. 

The need of consecration on the part of those who 
would be successful workers may be shown by a knife- 
blade, which at first seems to be powerless to attract, but 
after being in contact with the magnet, will itself attract. 
As the nails are picked up one by one by the knife-blade 
let them be transferred to the magnet. 

Notice that a small knife-blade may transfer to the 
magnet a large bit of iron. A lesson for the very young. 
Knox P. Taylor. 



110 CHILD RE A ' S MEE TINGS. 



CHAPTER XI. 

OUTLINES ON THE BEATITUDES. 

I. — BLESSED ARE THE POOR IN SPIRIT, FOR THEIRS IS 
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. 

I. The Fact. 

" Blessed are the poor in spirit." 
i . Who are the poor in spirit ? 
Those who do not think much about themselves. 
Those who are not proud. 

2. A commando Rom. 12 : 3. Phil 2: 3. 

3. Illustration. Parable of the Pharisee and the 
Publican. Luke 18: 10-14. 

II. The Promise. 

"Theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven." 

1 . God has given a special promise of his presence 
to those that are " poor in spirit." Is. 57 : 15. 

2. The Christian already has the Kingdom of 
Heaven begun in his heart. Matt. 13 : 31-32. 

3. We shall come into full possession of the King- 
dom of Heaven by-and-by. Matt. 25 : 34. 



OUTLINES ON 7 IJ E BEATITUDES 111 

II. — BLESSED ARE THEY THAT MOURN, FOR THEY 
SHALL BE COMFORTED. 

I. The Fact. 

" Blessed are they that mourn." 
I. Causes of mourning on earth, 
(a.) Our own sins, 
(b.) Others' sins. 

(c.) Loss of property — health — friends, 
(d.) Death. 

II. The Promise. 

u They shall be comforted." 
i. Comfort comes because we know that 

(a.) Sorrow and trouble are not always a mark 

of God's displeasure, (Example, Job.) 
(b.) But for our discipline, and to show His love. 

Heb. 12:6. 
(c.) No loss, sickness, poverty, death — no sin at 

all in * Heaven, 
(d.) Even here, if we ask, Jesus will take away 

all our sins, 
(e.) Even here, in midst of deepest mourning, 

Jesus is with us to ''comfort'' us. Matt. 28 : 20. 

Is. 66: 13. 



III. — "BLESSED ARE THE MEEK; FOR THEY SHALL IN- 
HERIT THE EARTH." 

I. The Fact. 

" Blessed are the meek." 



112 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 

i. What is meekness? 

" Soft answers to rough words." 

2. Illustration. The meekest man. Num. 12: 3. 
How did he suffer for losing his meekness just 

once? Num. 20: 1-12. 
Our Pattern. — He "who when He was reviled, re- 
viled not again, when He suffered, threatened not." 

3. How may we become meek? By learning of Christ. 

Matt. 11 : 29. 
If Christ, the Son of the Highest, could be meek and 
lowly, how much more should we, who are called "worms 
of the dust." 

II. The Promise. 

"They shall inherit the earth." 
In one sense they inherit the earth — joy of health, 
beauty of flowers, etc. — already, but when Christ comes 
as King, His people also will be kings and priests and 
will reign on the earth. Rev. 5 : 10. 



IV. — "BLESSED ARE THEY WHICH DO HUNGER AND 

THIRST AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR THE^ 

SHALL BE FILLED." 

I. The Fact. 

" Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst 
after righteousness. 
1. What is righteousness? 

Right-ness — being right. 
Let children illustrate by naming actions proceeding 
from a right heart — from one not right. 



OUTLINES ON THE BEA TI TUBES. 



2. What is it to hunger and thirst ? 

Can any one take comfort in anything, think of 
anything else, when really hungry and thirsty? 
If hungry and thirsty for righteousness, one will 
not hunger for any sinful thing. (Let children 
mention such things. 

II. The Promise. 

" They shall be filled." 
i. God satisfies the hunger for food, of every living 

thing. Ps. 145 : 16. 

2. He will much more satisfy — "fill" — those who hun- 

ger for righteousness. Is. 44: 3. John/: 37. 

3. How? I Cor. 1: 30, and Ezek. 11 : 19. 



V. — "BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL; FOR THEY SHALL 
OBTAIN MERCY." 

I. The Fact. 

" Blessed are the merciful." 

1. God our pattern of mercy. Eph. 4: 32 Ps. 103: 4 

Luke 6: 36. 

2. Mercy in the heart will show in our actions. I John 

3: 17-18. 

3. We should show mercy cheerfully: many kind deeds 

are spoiled by the unpleasant way in which they 
are done. Rom. 12: 8. I. c. II Cor. 9: 7. 

II. The Promise. 

"They shall obtain mercy." 
Example. 
Mordecai. 



114 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 

He showed mercy. Esth. 6: 2. 

He obtained mercv. ,Esth. 6: 3-8-9, and 10 : 

2-3. 

2. God will show mercy to the merciful on the final day 

of reward. Matt. 25: 31-46. 

3. Who can give you a heart full of mercy? 

Ezek. 36: 26. 



VI. — " Blessed are the pure in heart ; for they 

SHALL SEE GOD." 

I. The Fact. 

"Blessed are the pure in heart." 

1. Question. Who are "pure in heart?" Is a murder- 

er, thief, swearer, pure in heart ? Is any uncon- 
verted man pure in heart? How about the un- 
converted boys and girls ? 

2. Answer by illustration. 

Cover a bottle of ink or dye with stained paper, to 
represent a hardened sinner. Another with white paper, 
to represent an unconverted boy or girl. 

The outward appearance is different in the two cases, 
but there is impurity within in both cases. No sprink- 
ing, pouring, immersing or washing of the outside can 
cleanse. 

Label one of the bottles "Pure Water;" that does 
not change the contents. Neither does public profes- 
sion, or a moral life make a person a Christian. The im- 
purity will remain until the bottle is emptied and washed 
out. So our hearts are full of wickedness until Christ 
has cleansed them. 



OUTLINES ON THE BEATITUDES. 115 

3. How may people know what kind of hearts we 
have ? 
(a.) By our faces. Acts 6: 15. 
(b.) By our words. Matt. 12 : 34. 
(c.) By the company we keep. Prov. 13: 20. 

Ps. 1: 1-3 
(d.) By our actions. Matt. 7 : 20. 

II The Promise. 

They shall see God. 

1 . Earthly kings let none see them but the beauti- 
ful, rich, or great. But God requires only a pure heart 
I Sam. 16: 7 1. c. 

2. If we love Him we shall want to see Him. Is 
25: 9. 

3. We shall not see Him on earth with our natural 
eyes (I Tim, 6. 16), but the Holy Spirit will reveal the 
things of God to our spirits. John 16: 14, 15. 

4. We may see God in our own hearts purifying (I 
John 1 : 9), transforming (II Cor. 3: 18), keeping (Jude 
24.) 



VII. — "BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS, FOR THEY 
SHALL BE CALLED THE CHILDREN OF GOD." 

I. The Fact. 

" Blessed are the peace-makers." 

1. Who is a peace-maker? (Give illustrations.) 

2. Who is the great Peace-maker? II Cor. 5 : 18-19. 

3. How may a child gain the blessedness of a peace- 
maker? By trying to check quarrels among children, or 



116 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 

others, and by trying to bring others to be at peace with 
God. II Cor. 5 : 20. 

4- Can one not himself at peace with God do this 
last work? Matt. 15: 14. 

5. Does anything hinder you from trying to be such 
a peacemaker? 

II. The Promise. 

"They shall be called the children of God." 

1 . The great honor of being called " children of God." 
(Illustration, child of a king, or the President. ) 

2. Who will call them such ? 

(a.) Men. " He's a real Christian ! " 
(b.) God. II Cor. 6: 18. 

3. Why will God call them " children ? " 

(a.) Because they are children of God. See I 
John 3 : 1, Revised Version "And we 
are ! " 

(b.) Because, like an earthly parent, He delights 
to call them "children." Father says, 
" My own little girl ! " ' My dear son." 



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CHAPTER XII. 

OUTLINES. 

A Robe of Righteousness. 



i . A white robe. Rev. 7 : 9. 

2. A complete covering. Is. 61 : 10. 

3. It will never wear out. Illustration, Deut. 8 : 4. 

4. The most costly of all garments, although a free gift 

to us. II Cor. 5 : 21. 

5. Without it none can enter Heaven. Rev. 22 : 14. r. v. 

6. If one shoulc? enter without it, Heaven would be no 

place for Him. Matt. 22 : 1 1-12. 

7. This garment is given to all who truly mourn for sin. 

Is. 61.: 3. 
8,. Our own works of righteousness, done in order to be 
saved, of no avail. Is. 64:6. Our good works 
must be done for Christ because he has saved us* 
Phil. 1 : 11. 

9. This garment must be kept white. Eccl. 9: 8. 

James 1 : 27. 

10. We may have Christ's help in keeping it free from 

stains. Jude. 24. 



118 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 



Sowing and Reaping. 

I. — SOWING. 

1. Sowing always precedes reaping. 

2. We are sowing all the time ; — thoughts, words, and 

actions. 

3. Two ways of sowing-. 

To please ourselves — 
To please God. Gal. 6:8. 

3. Different kinds of seed often resemble each other. 

4. Sometimes the difference is not shown until the reap- 

ing; but the difference is there all the time. Matt. 
13:24-30. 

5. Weeds do not need cultivating, they grow of them- 

selves, and often choke the good seed. 

6. Why should we sow good seed always and every- 

where? Eccl. 11:6. Is. 32: 20 f. c. 

7. If we belong to Christ, he will give us good seed to 

sow. II Cor : 9. IO- r. v. 

8. If we do not belong to Christ, we cannot sow good 

seed. 

9. Let us take care of the sowing, and God will see to 

the reaping. 



II. — REAPING. * 

I. The fruit reaped always corresponds to the seed 
sown. Gal, 6:7, 

* This may be a separate lesson. 



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2. The amount reaped is greater than the amount 

sown. Hos. 8:7. f. c. 

The whirlwind differs from the soft summer breeze 

in amount, not in kind. 
44 Sow an act, and you reap a habit , sow a habit, 

and you reap a character; sow a character, and 

you reap a destiny." 

3, It is often a long time between sowing and reaping. 

Eccl. 8:11. James 5 : 7. 

4. Reaping time sure to come at last. Gal. 6- 7. Ps. 

126:6. 

5, Are you sowing what you wish to reap? — Adapted 
from "Bible Notes." 



Water. 



I. Let the children guess the subject. 

II. Ask what it is used for? They answer, drink- 
ing, washing, making things grow, running water-mills 
and steam-engines, sailing, baptism, etc. 

III. Take up a glass of water. 
Ask: 

1. Does anybody dislike water? 

2. Can you get along without it ? 

3. Do you have to pay for it ? 

(Next offer a drink to several. Some will refuse.) 
4. Did those who drank have to furnish the water, 
pump it, bring it, pour it out. or even ask for it ? 
Then it is 



120 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 



1. Good. 

2. Indispensable. (Explain.) 

3. Free. 

4. To be had by just accepting it. 

IV. Let the children spell the word Gift from the 
initial letters; then impress the lesson that water is a 
gift from God. 

V. The Water of Life. Show that the same 
things are true of it, and in greater measure. Use texts 
Is. 55 : 1 , Rev. 22 : 17, etc. 

Many are refusing the water of life. 



The Master is Come, and Calleth for Thee. 

Teli the ?to y of Mary and Martha. John 11 :l-45. 

1. How did those sisters first become acquainted with 

Jesus ? Luke 10 : 38-42. 

2. Jesus loved them. John 11:5. 

3. They had been kind to Him, and now He comes to 

help them in trouble. 

4. He comes to do for them, that which they want most 

(fall. 

5. Martha brings His message to Mary and to you. 

"The Master is come"] . ,,. v 

( to this meeting. 

And calleth for Thee. 

6. He calls gently. 

7. Mary arose quickly to go to Him. Will you do the 

same? 



OUTLINES. 121 

" If I come to Jesus, He will make me glad ; 
He will give me pleasure, when my heart is sad. 
If I come to Jesus, happy I shall be; 
He is gently calling little ones like me." 



The Promises.* 

How Many? 

There are thirty thousand promises in the Bible; 
eighty-two for each day in the year. 

What Kind? 

Exceeding great and precious. II Peter i : 4. 

Sure. I Kings 8 : 56 

Conditional, 

" Those that seek me early, shall find me." 
• " If we suffer with Him, we shall also reign 
with Him." Etc., etc. 

To W J 10111? 

Acts 2: 39. Rev. 22: 17, "Whosoever will.' 
Have you made God a promise ? 
Will you not make one now ? 



The Judgment. 

Who will be Judge at the great trial ? II Tim. 
4:1. 

* Have the subject previously announced, and each child prepared to repeat 
a promise from the Bible. 



CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 



"Who will be judged ? Rev. 20 : 12-13 . 
Who will be the officers ? Matt. 1 3 : 49. 
W^hat will be the capital offence? John 5 140. 
What will be the decision of the judge? Matt 

25:35-41, 
Will there be any chance of having that sentence 

reversed ? Eccl. 11:3. 1. c. 



Loaves and Fishes. 

John 6: 5-14. 

1 . It was a small offering. 

2. It was brought by a little lad. 

3. He was not ashamed to offer it. 

4. It was all he had. 

5. He did not wait until he had more: thousand': 
might have starved if he had. 

6. What he had was put to the best use. 

7. Without Christ's blessing it was scarcely enough 
for one. With- Christ's blessing enough to feed five 
thousand. 

8. Jesus might have worked the miracle without the 
lad s help, but it was not His way. 

Question. Did the lad himself fail to receive all he 
needed? 

Christ waiteth for our barley loaves. — Rev E, £>. 
Rundell. 

* Note. — This is the only miracle mentioned in all four gospels. 



OUTLINES. 123 



Charcoal, 

Text.— " Prepared unto every good work."— n Tim. 2:21. 

Let the teacher procure, if possible, a bit of charcoal 
which has been used in an electric lamp. If not obtain- 
able, show a common bit, explaining the difference. 
I. It is only charcoal 
2 It has helped to light a great city. 

3. But not by its own light. (Teacher explain flow of 

electric current.) 

4. It had to be specially prepared, ground to powder — 

mixed and molded — fitted for its work. 

5. God's children have to be specially fitted for their 

work. 

6. Then the electric current of God's love, flowing 

through them will make them shine. 
(Illustrations. Moses. David. Paul.) 



/ 



The charcoal lasts only a night. 

8. Our time to shine here is short, let us shine while we 

may. 

9. God can make diamonds out of charcoal. (Explain.) 

10. They shall be mine, saith the Lord, when I make up 

my jewels. — Rev, &• D. Rundell. 



121 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 



CHAPTER XIII. 

OUTLINES. 

The First Missionaries, 

Let the foundation of this lesson be some part of the 
journeying of Paul and Barnabas — the two first mission- 
aries — for instance, through Iconium and Lystra. Acts 
14: 1-20. Enclose in a large square three little squares 
in different colors, to represent Iconium, Derbe and 
Lystra. Tell what the missionaries did at Iconium. 
Draw out, incidentally, that the people there were 
divided; "part held with the Jews, and part with the 
apostles ,'' and if you can do so without diverting the 
attention too much from the missionary thought of the 
lesson, make a moment's practical application by drawing 
a white line through the little square represent- 
ing the city, and proceeding something as follows : 
" Do you know, I think that this is the way it is among 
children — and right in this class. There is a line drawn 
here. Part of my class love and obey Jesus and part do 
not. We can not see the line, but God can. Some- 
times we can tell by the way children act which side of 
the line they are on, but God does not have to wait for 
their acts." 

Tell how the missionaries staid a " long time there/" 
but finally fled to Lystra and Derbe. Draw a journey 



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line from place to place as you talk. Pause at Lystra 
and describe the healing of the lame man. Make a 
crooked mark for him, and straighten it as you speak of 
his cure. Now tell of the excitement — the crowd in the 
streets, the bringing of oxen, and the attempted sacrifice. 
and tell how the two men, while bravely and humbly 
hastening to prevent the sacrifice, seized the chance to 
preach about the one God, and His goodness to the 
children of men. 

Now turn to the missionary work going on in these 
days. Your opportunity here will be measured by what 
you have been doing to familiarize your children with 
missionary work in the months past. How familiar are 
they with mission stations? To what special missions 
have they contributed of late ? Can you select three or 
four, outline their location and imagine a ship with all 
the children on board going out to call on them ? A few 
wavy dashes with blue crayon will sufficiently represent 
water, and any sort of a white mark will stand for the 
ship. Can you have certain distinctly defined facts about 
each station, for the class to learn during their call? 
What news can the children carry them ? That they are 
praying daily for the missionaries by name? That they 
remember the little heathen boy or girl who lives at this 
station ? You see, teachers, the possibilities of such a 
lesson provided you have former teaching to fall back 
upon. If you have not : t would be well to select one 
field Outline it, take ?ne children to visit it, learn the 
name of one .mssionary aid the needs of the people, and 
so interest the Children :o labor and pray for at least one 
missionary station. — By Mrs. G. R. Alden. (Pansy) 



126 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS 



Bible Missionary Lesson, 

The leader, a few days before this lesson is to be 
taught, should assign the texts mentioned to the children, 
and ask them to come prepared to recite them. A pos- 
tal card, or better still, a genuine letter, containing the 
text and request, will not only stimulate interest and 
study, but insure attendance on the meeting. Let the 
texts be numbered, that there be no delay or confusion 
in answers. Then, as each verse is given, let leader 
talk freely with the children about it — explaining, illus- 
trating, emphasizing. The leader should call out the 
texts by questions something as follows; 

Question. — What did the Lord Jesus say about giv- 
ing? 

(No. i recites.) It is more blessed to give than re- 
ceive. Acts 20: 35. 

Q. What kind of a giver does God love ? 

No. 2. God lovet'h a cheerful giver. II Cor. 9: 7. 

Q. How have we received, and how should we give? 

No. 3. Freely ye have received, freely give. Matt. 
10. 8. 

Q. How much should we give? 

No. 4. Every man shall give as he is able, according 
to the blessing of the Lord thy God, which he hath given 
thee. Deut. 16: 17. 

Q. What is the least that we should give ? 

No. 5 Of all that thou shall give me, I will surely 
give the tenth unto Thee. Gen. 28: 22. ('See p. 105.) 

Q. How are our gifts accepted ? 

No. 6. If there be first a willing mind it is accepted 



OUTLINES. 127 



according to that a man hath, and not according to that 
he hath not. II Cor. 8: 12. 

Q. How should we honor the Lord ? 

No. 7. Honor the Lord with thy substance, and 
with the first fruits of all thine increase. Prov. 3 : 9. 

Q. What promise does God make to such? 

No. 8. So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and 
thy presses shall burst out with new wine. Prov. 3: 10. 

Q. What is said of him that pities the poor ? 

No. 9. He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth 
unto the Lord, and that which he hath given will He 
pay him again. Prov. 19: 17. 

Q. How shall we give? 

No. 10. Every man according as he purposeth in 
his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity, 
for God loveth a cheerful giver. II Cor. 9: 7. 

O. From whom doth God accept offerings? 

No. 11. Of every man that giveth it willingly, with 
his heart, ye shall take my offering. Ex. 25:2. 

Q. How often should we give ? 

No. 12. Upon the first day of the week let every 
one of you lay by him in store, as God has prospered him. 
I Cor. 16: 2. 

O. What promise is given to those who consider the 
poor? 

13. Blessed is he that considereth the poor; the 
Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. Psalm 41 : 1. 

Q. What measure shall be given to those who give 
liberally ? 

14. Give and it shall be given unto you; good meas- 
ure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running 



1 28 CHILDREN ' S MEE TING S, 

over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the 
same measure that ye mete withal, it shall be measured 
to you again. Luke 6: 38. 

Q. What does Isaiah say of liberal people? 

No. 15. The liberal deviseth liberal things, and by 
liberal things shall he stand. Isaiah 32 : 8. 

Q. What command does God give about the poor - 

No. 16. Thou shalt open thy hand wide unto thy 
thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy in thy land- 
Deut. 15: 11. 

Q. How should we treat those who ask for favors ? 

No 17. Give to him that asketh thee, and from him 
that would borrow of thee, turn not thou away. Matt. 
5: 42. 

Q. What about the first fruits? 

No. 18. The first of the first fruits of thy land thou 
shalt bring into the house of the Lord thy God. Ex- 
23: 19. 

Q. Give another promise about liberal souls. 

No. 19. The liberal soul shall be made fat; and he 
that watereth shall be watered also himself. Prov. 11 : 25. 

Q. What is God's greatest gift to man ? 

No. 20. God so loved the world that He gave His 
only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on Him 
should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3: 16. 

Q. Did we deserve this? 

No. 21. While we were yet sinners Christ died for 
us. Rom. 5 : 8. 

Q. What should we say for this ? 

No. 22, Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable 
gift. II Cor. 9: 15. — Mrs. A lice W. Knox. 



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Missionaries. 

What is meant by "Missionary?" 
Who is a Home Missionary? 
A Foreign Missionary? 
W r ho was the first Missionary? (John 3: 17.) Who 
sent him? John 5: 36. Why? John 3: 17. 
From what kind of a home? John 6: 38. 
Who were the first Foreign Missionaries after Christ 
ascended? Acts 13:2. 
To what countries did Paul go? (Locate on 

blackboard map or other map.) 
Who sent Paul and Barnabas? Acts 13: 4. 
What did they do on their journeys? Acts 13: 
5 ; Acts 14 : 1, 3, 7, 21, etc.; I Cor. 2 : 2. 
What book of the Bible tells of the travels and 
labors of Paul and Peter and the other early 
missionaries ? 
Do you think Paul was ever sorry that he became 
a missionary? Gal. 6:9. II Tim. 4: 6-8. 
What were the general directions that Jesus left 
about Missionary work? Matt. 28 : 18-20. What 
about Home Missions? Matt. 10: 1-5-6; Acts 
1: 8. W 7 hat about Foreign Missions? Matt. 13 
38. Acts 1:8, 
Is there still need of Missionaries in the world ? An 
swer, if possible, by showing children a map of the 
whole earth with the unevangelized portions dark- 
ened. It is estimated that seven hundred millions 
of people never heard of Jesus; two hundred mill- 



130 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 

ions in Africa alone ; and " a million a month in 

China are dying without a God." 
6. What can we do? 

Give prayer, money, and. perhaps, ourselves. — Mrs. 
Annie Downic, Nellore, India. 



Idols.' 



Text: "Little Children keep yourselves- from idols. '' I John 5: 21. 

(Read in concert Ps. 115 : 4-8.) 
What are idols? 
How are they worshiped ? 
What is the effect on the worshipers ? 
Do any besides heathen worship idols ? 
What kind? 

I ntemperance. Phil. 4: 5. 

D eceitfulness of riches. Matt. 13: 22. 

O Id habits and besetting sins. Heb. 12: 1. 

L ove of the world and its pleasures. I John 

2:15. II Tim. 3: 4 (last clause). 
S elf. II Tim. 3 : 2 (first clause). 

Am I serving idols ? 

"The dearest idol I have known, 
Whate'er that idol be, 
Help me to tear it from thy throne, 
And worship onlv Thee." 



*Tt would be interesting to have a heathen idol, or a picture of one, to sho.v 
ihecdildren Or this subject, developed in a different way, would make an ex- 
cellent missionary lesson. 



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Consider the Lilies. 

Matt. 6 28-33. 

1. Exhibit a lily, or other flower. Let it be as 
bright and pretty as possible. A plant in bloom would 
be better than a single blossom, as showing how flowers 
grow. 

2. Ask the children to watch carefully as you 
examine it Show them how wonderfully it is made: 
how perfect and beautiful in every part ; not one little 
thing forgotten. 

3. Ask, (a) who made it 5 (b) whether or not God 
cares for the flowers He makes ? (cj what God has made 
that is worth more than flowers? (d) what, of all the 
things God has made, He cares most for? 

4. Tcacli that the flowers should lead us to trust 
God. If he thinks of them, how sure we should feel that 
He will never forget us, in whom He has put a spirit 
that can praise Him, and that can never die. — Mary G. 
Burdette. 



Wheat and Chaff 

1. If possible secure several heads of wheat, from 
one of which remove the kernels. (If the heads cannot 
be obtained take some wheat, and show by a picture how 
it grows, modifying the lesson to suit the circumstances. > 

2. Ask (a.) How many heads of wheat you have? 
(b.) If it is all good wheat. 



132 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 

3. Examine (a) one head showing the full ripe ker- 
nels ; (b.) another showing that there is no grain, only 
husks. 

4. Beat the heads so that the grain falls out. Lay 
the grain in one place, the chaff in another. 

5. Ask which is good? Gather up the good and 
place it carefully in a box. 

6. Ask what the chaff is good for^ Throw it away 
— into the fire, if there is one near. 

7. Teach that God will thus separate the good from 
the bad. The good He will save in heaven — the wicked 
He will cast away. 

(If wheat cannot be obtained, substitute any seeds 
enclosed in husks.) — Mary G. Burdette. 



The Christian— A Tree. 

Planted. 

Where ? Ps. 1 : 3. Luke 13:6. 

By whom? I to. 61: 3. I Cor. 10: 31. 

r or what purpose ? j ° 

Conditions of healthy growth. 

Light from the ''Sun of Righteousness.' Ps. 4: 

6: 27: 1 : 36. 9 90 8 Mai 4:2, John 1-9- 

8: 12; I John 1 : 5-7. 
Pure Atmosphere. Ps. 1 . 1 , I Cor. 5 : 11; 

II Cor. 6: 17. Heb. 10 : 25 ; 12: 1. 
Proper Nourishment- John 6: 63-68; Acts 17: 

1 1 ; I Peter 2 : 2. 



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Companionship and shelter of other trees. Eph. 

6:2, Heb. 1 2 : I ; James 5 : 16. 
Pruning and purging. John 15: 2, Heb. 10. 11. 

1 2 : 6-y. 

3. Is known by its fruits. Matt./. 16-20. 

4. Cannot bring forth evil fruit. Matt. 7 : 17-18. 

5. Fruit depends on "inner" life. Luke 13: 6-9; Eph. 

3: 17: Col. 2: 7. 

6. Fruitless trees are hewn down. Matt. 3: 10; 7: 19. 



7. C. C. 



The Telephone. 

Its use. — To enable people a long distance apart, to 
speak with each other as if they were in the same room. 
New invention — First used (show picture or describe) 
A. D. 1876. The Heavenly Telephone not new. Used 
4000 B C. 
I We speak to God by prayer. 

1. The sound is heard at the same instant. Is. 65 : 
24. 

2. We do not need to "ring the bell " to call God's at- 
tention. Ps. 34: 15. 

3. We can speak directly to Him without any "cen- 
tral office;' (Priest, Holy Virgin, etc.) 

4. This telephone never gets out of order at God's 
end. 

II. God speaks to us through our conscience, by His 
word and His spirit. 
1 We sometimes need to stop our ears to the noise 



134 CHILDREN 'S MEE TINGS. 

of the outside world in order to hear the still small voice 
within. 

2. God often has to " ring the bell " to call our atten- 
tion. Sometimes He has to send great trouble or sor- 
row, before we will listen. 

3. Our end of the telephone often gets out of order. 
"Conscience seared with a hot iron." I Tim. 4: 2. 

4. Great need of keeping our consciences pure and 
sensitive. 

T IL Let us use this telephone to-day. 

1 . What does God say to you ? To give yourself 
to him ; to live a better Christian life: to overcome bad 
habits, etc. 

2. What qo you want to ask him for most of alP 
Let each one give an answer; then have all kneel down, 
and each one pray for just the one thing he desires. — A". 
M. C. 



Prohibition.* 

Explain what " Prohibition " means as applied to in- 
toxicating liquors. 
Answer the question, " Why do people want a law 
that will prevent the making or selling of in- 
toxicating liquors ? '" 

(a.) God says it is not good for people to 
drink such things. Is. 5: 11, Prov. 
23:29-32. 



*We take pleasure in referring; to Mrs. Foster s exellent book, "Constitutional 
Amendment Manual," in connection with this subject and the lesson. Published 
by National Temperance Society and Publication House, 58 Reade St., New York 



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(b.) We know by observation that it is not 
good for families, that one should drink, 
(Leader picture the evils and sorrows of 
drunkard's home, Mother in sorrow. 
Children in want and shame.) 
(c.) Also that it is not good for the individual. 
(Leader tell the story all too common, 
of a good, rich, kind man, made bad, 
poor, cruel, by strong drink.) 
A happy country is one where all the people are 
educated and well, in body and mind and spirit. 
Alcohol affects 

(a.) Body, Illustrate by any sickness caused 

by alcohol. " Heart disease," etc. 
(b.) Mind. Tell about delirium tremens. Illus- 
trate by showing how the white of an 
egg (something like substance of brain) 
is hardened in a moment by alcohol 
Break the white of an egg into alcohol 
before class, 
(c.) The soul God says no drunkard shall 
inherit the kingdom of God. I Cor. 
6 : 10. 
Who make up the country? The families and peo- 
ple. Then a law that is good for the family, and 
the individual, ought to be the law of the country. 
Moreover the law of a Nation ought to be like God's 

law. Ps. 144: 15. 
Why does not every one want such a law ? Some 
do not know, some do not care, some are willing 



136 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 

God's law should be broken and souls ruined if 
they can make money. 
7. If all little children should know and keep God's 
laws, in a little while all the world would be good 
and happy, and " God's Kingdom would come," as 
we pray. — Mrs. J. E. Foster. 



A Ladder to Ruin. 




Prof. C. W. Jero?ne. 



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CHAPTER XIV. 

OUTLINES. 

Fight the Good Fight. 

Introductory. — Describe circumstances of a war; the 

armies, captains, camps, battles, etc. 
Heads of tlie Sermon. 

1. There's a fight going on, here and now. (Illustrate.) 

2. We are all in it. (The "good" fight, or a bad 
one.) 

3. There are two sets of recruiting places. (Saloons, 
sometimes street corners, outsides of churches, etc. ; and 
churches, Sunday-schools, etc.) 

4. Books of instruction. (Bad books; Bible.) 

5. If we are fighting on the right side our Captain is 
always near us. 

6. God's soldiers are all sure of victory here, and 
promotion, by and by 

7. Who wants to enlist ? 

Mrs. Emily Huntington Miller. 



A Temperance Lesson. 

My little people, I want each of you to be still as a 
mouse. I am going to tell you about two mem one was 



IBS CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 

good and the other bad. You have often heard about 
them both, but I will not tell their names. That, you 
may do. When I am done I am going to see if you have 
guessed their names, for you know them as well as I do. 

Well, in the first place, there was once a man so tall 
he could not have walked in at that high door yonder. It 
says in a book about him that "his height was six cubits 
and a span." This man wore a queer brass hat on his 
head. I don't see how he could, for it must have been 
very heavy: but then it shone brightly in the sun, and 
looked very handsome, and it kept him from being hit in 
the head when he went out to fight — for he was a great 
soldier. He had a curious coat, not a bit like any you 
have seen, but made of brass — buttons and all; and he 
had brass leggings fastened around his knees. In his 
hand he carried a big, long spear. The book says it was 
eighteen feet long. So, if three of the tallest men you 
know stood one above another, they would only be as 
high as this great, bad fighter's sword was long. Of 
course he was very strong, or he would have been bent 
down to the ground by all these heavy things. 

Besides all these, he had a man — not tall like a tree, 
as he was, but about as tall as an ordinary man — who 
went on ahead of him with a shield, like a big tea-tray, 
which he held up to prevent any arrows striking his 
master. (They did not have guns and bullets in those 
days, but fought with spears, and bows and arrows. ) 

Now, there was an army over on this side (the right 
hand) made up of good men, and they were going to fight 
another army over here (the left hand) made up of bad 
men, and this great, strange fighter I have told you 



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about, belonged to the army of bad men. And one 
morning he came out in front of the armies and said : 

'• Why should all these men fight with each other? 
Let those on the right side choose a man, and he and I 
will fight, and if he can beat me, then all of us men over 
here will be servants of you men over there ! " But the 
whole army of good men was afraid of the big man, and 
no one of them dared to go out against him. They were 
real cowards T think. 

But while they were wondering what to do, a "ruddy"* 
boy from the country came to see his three big brothers 
who were soldiers on the right side. His father had sent 
him to see how they were getting along, and he had 
brought them from the farm some nice, fresh bread and a 
lot of popped corn, besides rich, fine cheeses as a present 
to their captain. Well, of course they told their young 
brother all about this tall, bad man that nobody dared 
to fight, and he saw how sorry everybody felt, and how 
puzzled they all were. He was a very bright, wide-awake 
boy, and what do you think he said ? " Who is this big, 
bad man that dares to speak in this way to the army of 
the living God? I am not afraid of him, and I will go 
out against him all alone." 

You may be sure the big brothers did not like this ? 
for it was a pretty strong hint to them that they were a 
pack of cowards. So they answered him this way 

" Who are you ? Nothing but a boy. What can you 
do ? Go back and take care of those few sheep you left 
behind you on the farm !" But he did not get vexed or 
discouraged He did not mind their words a bit, but 

* I Sam 16 . 12. 



140 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 

went right to the king and told him that he was not 
afraid to fight the tall man. When the king answered 
that he thought he was too young, the boy told him how 
he had killed a lion and a bear that was trying to eat up 
a lamb out of a flock that was under his care; and he 
persuaded (coaxed) the king to let him try, " For," he 
said, " the Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the 
lion and the paw of the bear, can surely save me out of 
the hand of this great, bragging soldier." 

So the king finally said he might go, and offered him 
his own sword, and a hat and coat of brass, such as the 
tall man wore. But the boy thanked him, and saiji he 
would rather not wear them for they did not fit. So he 
went off by himself to a brook near by, and picked out 
five smooth, round stones, put them in his pocket, and 
holding his sling tightly in his hand, he walked quietly 
toward the tall man who had dared anybody to fight 
against him. Down they came, toward the brave boy* 
the ugly giant, and his servant carrying the big brass tea- 
tray that they call a shield. And the giant looked at the 
boy as if he did not think him worth speaking to, and 
much less worth striking with his great sword. He 
growled like a great lion , and this is what he said • 

"Come unto me and I will give thy flesh unto the 
fowls of the air and unto the beasts of the field ! * But 
the boy looked away up into his cross face and answered '• 

"Thou comest to me with a sword and with a spear 
and with a shield, but I am come to thee in the name of 
the Lord God" 

Then the giant rushed toward the boy, and the boy 
ran to meet him, and put a stone in the sling and threw 



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it with all his might and hit the giant. Where did he hit 
him, boys? Put up your finger against the place where 
he hit and killed the old giant. That's right , the stone 
went right through his forehead. Now, what was the 
giant's name, girls ? Goliath. I knew you could tell. 
And now, all together, tell me this brave boy's name ? 
Right, it was David. 

Now, did you know that old Goliath is not dead ? 
You go home and tell your father I said the old giant is 
living in this very town. Have not you seen pictures of 
him, sitting astride a beer barrel, over the door of a 
saloon? I have. They say his name is Gambrinus, bnt 
I say it's old King Alcohol. What is his name? Did 
you ever see a drunkard ? Hold up your hands, all who 
ever did. What are the drinks that make folks drunk ? 
Let's see how many we can count up on our fingers, 
Now, all these have old King Alcohol in them, and that's 
what makes men who drink them " crazy on purpose," as 
I once heard a boy call it. Old Goliath — I mean King 
Alcohol — thinks he is very strong, and boasts that no- 
body can conquer him . but I'll tell you what I believe : 
If we can get all the brave little Davids who are here 
to-day, and all the little Davids in the world, to go out 
against him, they can kill him with stones. I want each 
of you to carry five stones, just as the boy in the Bible 
did, and I want you to go as he did, in the name of the 
living God. Here, look at my fingers while I name these 
stones, so you can not forget them : On my thumb I 
put for the first stone, this promise : * 

* [The signing of the pledge, or the taking of any vow, is a very solemn 
thing, and the cases are very exceptional indeed where chidren should be asked 



142 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS, 

1. I will not drink anything that makes men drunk. 

2. I will not smoke tobacco. 

3. I will not chew tobacco. 

4. I will not swear. 

5. I will try to persuade other people not to do any 
of these things. 

Now, all together, what is tne first ? The second ? 
Third ? etc. Perhaps your big brothers will tell you that 
you are not strong enough to fight old King Alcohol, but 
don't you listen to them. They have not fought very 
, bravely themselves. Wait till they see you try the five 
stones on him. I put in tobacco because that so often 
leads to strong drink. If any one ever asks you to take 
a drink or a smoke, just bring out one of your pebbles, 
" I will not drink," or " I will not smoke," and sling it 
straight at him ; and bye-and-bye, when we get all our 
young Davids to throwing these stones, we shall see old 
Goliath- Alcohol fall down dead some day, right here in 
America, where he has so long defied the armies of the 
living God. 

Leader may close with an experiment: Pour some 
water into a glass; taste it, call it good. Dip a lighted 
match into it : it is extinguished. Try the same with 
tea, coffee, lemonade, if convenient. Now pour from a 
disreputable looking black bottle a teaspoonful of alcohol 
(with a sprinkle of salt or camphor in it to give color to 
the flame) into the foot of an upturned goblet or glass. 

to take or sign any pledge, except after days or weeks of serious thought and 
prayer, and after the leader is certain that the matter has been considered at the 
homes of all the children. We take it for granted that the gifted author would not 
actually present the pledge in a miscellaneous children's meeting, unless it be 
that they may take it home with them for deliberate consideration and action.— 
Eds.] 



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Complain of its smell — " don't dare to taste it." Try the 
lighted match, and it burns up with a wicked, red flame. 
Leader may add the familiar egg illustration, see page ]35 
if thought best. — Frances E. Willard. 



Prayer.* 



What is prayer? 

Talking to God. Ex.33: II. 
Telling Jesus. Matt, 14: 12. 

Speaking in the heart. II Sam. 1:13. 
How to pray? 

With all the heart. Jer. 29: 12, 13. 

In the name of Jesus. John 14: 13. 

According to God's will. I John 5 : 14. 

Earnestly. James 5 : 17. Boldly. Heb. 4: 16. 

Unhurriedly. Matt. 6: 6. Luke 6 : 12. 

In faith. James 1:6. 

Depending upon the help cf the Holy Spirit. 
Jude 20. Rom. 8 : 26. 
When to pray? 

In the morning. Ps. 5 : 3. 

Morning, noon and evening. Dan. 6: 10. 

In time cf trouble. Ps. 107: 13. 



'This lesson may be given, a very little at a time, in connection with children's 
prayer meetings. Instructions to children about prayer should be very plain. 
Teach them always to assume a reverent attitude, always to keep the eyes closed, 
and always to try'to think about nothing but the words of prayer that are being 
spoken. Teach* them the meaning of the names by which we address God, and 
the meaning of "Amen." Sentence prayers — either the Leader praying and the 
rbildren repeating sentence by sentence", or the children in turn uttering a simple 
confession or petition only a sentence long— are very helpful. Teach— especial y 
— directness, definiteness, earnestness, and faith. 



CHILDREN'S MEETINGS 



Always. Eph. 6: 18. Without ceasing. I 
Thess. 5:17. 
Some things that should be in our prayers. 

Thanksgiving and praise. Ps. 34 : 1 ; Ps. 117. 
Confession. Dan. 9:4. I John 1 : 9. 
Petition. Asking for what we want. Phil. 4: 6. 
The conditions of prayer answered. 

Faith. Heb. 11 : 6. Obedience. I John 3: 22. 
Abiding in Christ. John 15: 7. 
Not regarding iniquity in our heart. Ps. 66: 18 
Asking ''if it be God's will." Luke 22: 42. 
God sometimes answers, " Yes . " sometimes, " No.' 
(Deut. 3: 26.) But His way is always best, 
(Illustrate by child crying to have candle given 
to it, etc.) 



A Treasure Box. 

Come now and. let us reason together, saith the Lord, though your sins be as 
scarlet, they shall he as white as snow, though they be red like crimson they shall 
be as wool. Is. 1: 18. 

feefore reading text, picture to the imagination of the 
children a wonderful box, with several parts, each filled 
with something valuable. A top part, middle part, and 
bottom part. Describe the excitement of opening, the 
knowledge that it is a gift of a dear friend, etc. 

Now read the text, pausing at the words, " Come," 
"Now," "Let,' "Snow," and "Wool." Show how the 
text — call it God's Treasure Box — represents a box; 
God's gift, its divisions, etc. Open the first part, and 
find an invitation. It is filled with the word, "Come." 



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Compare this with other invitations. When to come? 
"Noiv." Talk about this being God's time. But sinners 
say, "Sometime," "Not now," etc. Then ask if we had 
better open the middle part. This contains a request. 
Read from the Bible what it is, " Let us reason together, 
saith the Lord." All recite. Dwell on who it is that 
wants us to reason with him. Draw a word picture of 
how people act when they have something of importance 
to talk about, especially if the one they are talking with 
knows a great deal more than they do, 

Awaken in the mind by questions what God talks to 
us now about. Suggest our need of His help in all 
things, what He has done for us, what we are doing for 
Him, etc. 

Find out how many have a desire to look at the bot- 
tom part of box. Show how it contains the best of all. 
Two promises. Read, first, u Though your sins." Hold 
up the word shall. Second promise, "Though they be 
red." Call attention to this, another one of God's 
" slialls! Have all recite. Show difference of colors 
mentioned by a piece of'scarlet cloth, and a bit of white 
cloth, or a tuft of white wool. Tell how difficult — almost 
impossible — it is to make scarlet cloth white. Draw out 
from the children what their idea of scarlet sin is. No 
human power can bleach them out, only God can do any- 
thing with them. Give some striking illustration of one 
who kept his scarlet sins, and compare with another who 
took his to God. Dwell on the need of cleansing. God 
knew this need when he put in the box, or text, these 
two precious promises. Draw a picture of the result if 
we had no such promises. 

Take the contents of box or text and seek to 



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CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 



arouse the faith that takes hold on salvation. Show 
God's willingness and our faith. 

The blackboard may be used as below; or three 
pieces of white paper appropriately lettered, may repre- 
sent each one of the divisions of the Treasure Box- 
Write on the top one, Invitation. Middle one, Request. 
Bottom one, Two Promises. Turn them back as you 
wish to talk about them. When papers are used, the 
words, Invitation, Request, and Two Promises, will be 
left out of the divisions. — Mrs. A. Po Graves. 




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147 



Temperance Lesson- 

Which Way? — or, How to Grow. 



it 




" Boys and girls, you all know an acorn when you see 
(sketching an acorn with twig and leaf about twenty 
times the natural size, that all might see,) 
"What tree is it the seed of?" 
"A noak." 

" Of the oak — yes. This is an acorn 
as it looks when growing on the tree. 
It doesn't always stay there. What 
becomes of it ? " 

"Falls on the ground." 
"And what then?'' 
" Grows." 
"Ah, that's what we want to talk about." (Erase the 
first acorn and sketch another with a split in the shell 
and a little shoot springing from 
the germ.) "It grows, it must 
grow, because there is life wrap- 
ped up in the shell that must 
become something more than it 
is. It will grow up into the air 
and sunshine and be strong, but it must have something 
to help it grow. What does it need ! " 
" Roots." 

"Yes." (Now make the downward root with many 
spreading rootlets.) " These all fasten in the ground, 
and are not only strong feet for the young oak to stand 
upon, but so many mouths to drink with. What does 
the little tree drink?" 




148 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 

" Water. " Water of life." 

" Ah, you are getting the moral before I am ready for 
it Yes, water is life to every plant and tree. Now, 
boys and girls, you are very much like acorns. You are 
planted in an earthly nature, but you are each a heavenly 
seed of more value than all the acorns that ever grew. 
God planted you, and He has a glorious plan of growth 
for you, if you will help Him to carry it out. You know 
how a disease attacks some plants, like the rot in the 
potato. Just such a disease is in our earthly nature, and 
tries to blacken and kill the heavenly seed, and prevent 
it from getting out of the ground. It cannot kill the 
heavenly seed outright, but it can keep it from growing, 
and place it in great danger as to its future. You know 
how the beautiful rain comes down upon the grass and 
sinks through the earth where all these thirsty little root- 
lets are crying for a drink. They would never, never, 
like to have, instead of the rain, some poison poured out 
for them, would they? It would not only injure the 
root, but destroy the shoot, so that it could never get 
above ground. Now, I am sorry to say that this earthly 
nature gets so bad sometimes that those who have it 
are quite willing to have it worse, so that they turn away 
from the pure water of life that the Lord gives freely to 
everybody, and drink in a poison that kills. What is it ? 

" Liquor." — " Rum." — "Alcohol." 

" Yes, these are bad enough, but there are other 
habits quite as bad, and we put them all together and 
call it sin. It doesn't seem possible that any to-day 
can choose poison instead of water, pure, living water, 
does it ? And yet there are thousands who are content 



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to live in the dark and filth of their earthly nature when 
they might be growing into a stately and beautiful life. 
The Bible says of the good man, ' He shall be like a tree 
planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his 
fruit in his season ; his leaf also shall not wither, and 
whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.' " 

"What if, while this oak is a little growing twig, 
some one should step on it and almost break it — like 
this — " (here make a bend in the little shoot from the 
acorn) "will it make any difference with the tree when it 
is grown ?" 

" Yes." " No." 

" I find you do not agree, but you are both right. 
Sometimes nature helps the little plant to outgrow the 
hurt, and sometimes it is never outgrown, for you have 
all seen crooked trees. They were all bent when they 
were young. Beware of bad habits, boys. I want you 
to be noble and upright trees of the Lord's planting. 

"And one word here to a few for whom I have a 
special interest. There are boys and girls here who have 
weights upon them. Perhaps intemperance has made 
your home a ruin, and you are ready to say, ' I shall 
never be anybody — there's no use in trying ! ' Just look 
at this:" (Here sketch a stone on the surface of the 
ground just over the acorn.) "Somebody 
has laid a stone right over the spot 
where the acorn was trying to grow. It 
sends its little leafy shoot up to seek 
the air and sunshine, and bumps its head 
against a stone ! What can it do ? " 
"Grow till it gets out." 




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" Yes, it can do that, if it will only try Plants always 
do try; it is only people who give up. It will feel its 
way along under this stone until it comes to its chance, 
then up it comes ! Have the courage of this little acorn, 
boys and girls, and nothing shall be impossible to you." — 
Mary A. LatJibury. 



Five Fingers Pointing to Christ. 

Types of Old Testament like index fingers. Draw 
on board as below. So arrange that after all the hands 
are drawn the cross will be in the focus; thus: 





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Make the cross very small for sake of perspective, 
On each hand, after it is drawn, make a rude sketch of 
the symbol. First the ark, thus : 




Then such others as the teacher may elect. For 
example : Isaac, pascal lamb, brazen serpent, Jacob's 
ladder, etc., etc. 

Give a short description of each. Quote New Tes- 
tament to prove the points. — Rev. David R, Breed. 



Witnessing 



Text* "Ye are my witnesses,, saith the Lord. ,: Isa. 43 1 10. 

I. What is it to witness? 

To tell what one knows. In every suit at law, the 
decision of judge or jury depends upon the testimony of 
the witnesses. Very important matters are often de- 
cided by the testimony of one oersom 

II. 1 Vh o ca n be witn esses ? 

I One who knows something about the case. 
Many witnesses in law-suits are of no value, because 
they know nothing to the point. Any one who knows 
about Jesus can be a witness for Him. A Sunday- 
school missionary was riding over the western praiiies 
and asked a little boy if he knew about Jesus Christ. 



1 52 CHILDREN'S MEE TINGS. 

'•No, sir," said the boy, "I don't think he lives around here.' 
The missionary witnessed to the boy about Jesus. To 
know Christ and be able to witness for Him, we must 
study His word, and let Him come into our hearts. 

2. One who has a good character. If a number of 
men testify in court that a man is in the habit of telling 
lies, that man is not allowed as a witness. So a person 
who witnesses for Christ only on Sunday or in meeting, 
and against Him at school and at home, is a poor 
witness. 

III. Jesus wants witnesses. 

The world does not know of His love, His willing- 
ness to save, and He wants to make them know. 

IV. Will you witness for Christ ? 

Objection I. "I am too young." Are you so young 
that you can not tell of mother's love ? Do folks believe 
you when you say, " Mother is good?" Then you can 
tell them of Jesus' love. 

Objection 2. "I am not good enough to talk about 
Jesus. Ask Jesus to make you better, to help you to 
live aright. And perhaps the very effort you make to 
speak for Him, will help you. 

V. How can we witness for Jesus ? 

I. By our lives. Everybody is witnessing, either 
for or against Christ. A child whose father was a judge, 
could not see how his father could decide when so many 
were talking, but it was easy to understand when he 
found out that all witnessed on one side or on the other. 
God looking on our hearts, knows every day and every 
hour, though others may not be able to see so clearly, 
whether our lives are a witness for or against Him. 



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(Leader draw out from the children, illustrations of 
childish actions that dishonor Jesus.) 

2. By our words. Often a word has done more 
than a sermon. (Leader illustrate by the little daughter 
of Stephen Paxton, who led her father to Christ, and by 
II Kings 5 : 2-14.)— D. P. Ward. 



Room for Jesus. 

Write at the top of the blackboard the words, No 
room for Jesus. Ask the children to think how it 
makes them feel to be "left out." Speak of Jesus 
"despised and rejected of men." Read the passages 
given below to find out some of the places where there 
was no room for Jesus. As correct answers are given by 
the children, write them on the blackboard, explaining 
and commenting upon each one. Then write on the 
board what Jesus himself said, Luke 9: 58, and 
all together repeat the text — "Foxes have holes, and birds 
of the air have nests, but the Son of Man hath not where 
to lay his head." Show the children how, in many, 
many places there is still no room for Jesus. A glass 
full with water cannot be filled with anything else until 
it is emptied. Make a personal application. Our hearts, 
if filled with envy, selfishness, pride, etc., will have no 
room for Jesus. Jesus will not stay where sin abides. 
But if we open the door of our hearts to Jesus, He will 
cast out the sin, and come in Himself. 

Unless we make room for Jesus in our hearts, there 
will be no room for us in the "mansions above." 



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When completed, the outline on the blackboard may 
be as follows : 



NO EOOM FOE JESUS. 



t the inn. 

Bethlehem, 
the temple, 
the world. 



Luke 2: 7. 
Matt. 2: 13, 14. 
John 8: 59. 
Jno. 19: 15, 18. 



IS THEEE EOOM FOE JESUS IN 



MV HOME? 

JY1 I HEART? 



Carrie B. Reynolds. 



The Hand. 

Call attention to the structure and beauty of the 

hand. Bones for firmness, muscles for motion, nails to 

protect ends of fingers, veins to carry blood, rounded 

forms for beauty. Show how it might have looked. 

(See cut.) Then call a child to the board, 

rU and carefully mark around his little hand 

h to show how it does look. 

The hand is a part of our wealth. How 
much would you take for your right hand ? 
Your left ? Why, we are rich ! 

What is the hand good for ? Working, 
playing, a cup, a shovel, a vise, a pointer, 



f 



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a hammer, to talk with, etc. (Children give these and 
other answers.) 

But we will use one of our hands to-day for some- 
thing different from all this. Will you repeat with me: 

" I'm going to use my two little hands, 

To help me remember the Savior's commands." * 

I will call down five " BeV and put them on the end 
of our fingers so we can never forget them. They are not 
the stinging bees. If you were to put five of those on 
the tips of your fingers I'm afraid you'd be stung, but if 
you don't have these other Be's on your fingers or in your 
hearts you'll surely be stung. 

Here's a Be we'll put on the thumb. (Leader may 
draw a hand on the board, or use the outline of child's 
hand there, and print the Be's at ends of fingers.) 

1 . Be Obedient 

The first sin — perhaps the worst — is disobedience. 
Adam, Moses, Saul, are examples. 

2. Be True. 

Easy to tell untruth with the fore finger, for instance, 
to point the wrong way. 

3, Be Gentle, 

The strongest finger. It takes strength to be gentle* 
kind, patient, forgiving. The gentle boy makes the gen- 
tle-man. In England, only the gentlemen and gentle- 
ladies come in freely to the royal palace. So God, our 
great King, will let only the gentle in heart, come into 
the heavenly Palace. 

4, Be Pure, 

" Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see 

*From Mrs. Kent 



156 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 

God." If the heart is pure, the lips will be pure. How 
can we wash our hearts? I John 1 : 7. 1. c. 
5. Be Strong. 

Smallest finger. Even a little child may be "strong 
in the Lord." If we keep this " Be " on the little finger, 
it will be strong enough to keep all the rest from mis- 
chief. Could a boy double up his fist to fight, if the 
little finger should stand straight out and say" I won't ?" 
(Illustrate by the fist.) 

What kind of strength? "To overcome evil." 

How may we be strong? Christ will strengthen. 
Phil. 4: 13. 

How may we catch and keep all these Be's. By 
coming to Jesus, asking Him to help us. 

(Leader write over the hand and its Be's, on the 
board " Lord, help me?" Paper hands — see p. 175 — may 
also be given each child, at close.) 



Webs. 



Children, what is this picture that I am making on the 
blackboard? "Fence!" Yes and this is the ground 
that the fence stands on. But what's this? "Tree!" 
O, there isn't room for a tree to grow down there, under 
the fence. Try again. " Cat-tail ! " Yes, that's right. 
The fence is built down in a wet place where cat-tails 
grow. But what is this that I am drawing now? 
" Spider's web ! " Yes, and do you see that little black 
(white) spot in the middle ? What do you think that is ? 



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157 



(Buzz- 



" Spider ! " How many of you can see a horrid big 
spider there, just waiting for some poor fly? 

What are webs for ? 

What do the flies do when they get caught, 
struggle — try to get out.) 

What do the 
spiders do? 
(Bite 'em! Eat 
em up !) Oh, 
but before that ? 
Suppose its a 
big fly, or a 
wasp, and the 
spider doesn't 
dare touch him 
at first ? (Spins threads around him, wraps up one 




wing, then the other, ties down one foot then the other — 
then kills him, " eats him up.") 

Suppose the fly only touches one foot to the web ? 
Couldn't he fly right away again ? (Web sticks ). 

Children are there any webs in your houses ? Maybe 
not spiders' webs but worse than that ? Webs that it 
will take more than a broom to sweep down ? I'll write 
on the board the names of some other webs, sticky 
things that catch children, and men, and women too, 
scmetimes, and you tell me if you have ever seen any of 
them around your house. Here's one : 

THE—" I-didn't-think "— W T EB. 

(Stoiy of the little boy who frightened his little sister 
nearly to death because he " didn't think.") 



158 CHILDREN ' S MEE TINGS. 

Here's another: 

The—" I-don't-want-to"— Web. 

(Ask children if they ever get caught in this web, 
when mama says, " Come Johnnie, it's time to get up — be- 
gin your lessons — run on that errand," etc.) 

Here's another : 

The — " By-and-bye " — Web. 

This is the worst of all. Mamma says, ''Do this, 
Annie." Annie says, " By-and-bye." And not only 
when mama speaks but when Jesus speaks, Satan tries 
to tie us up in this web. Jesus says : " Come to me 
now, dear child. Give your heart to me now." Child 
says, " By-and-bye." 

Does a fly ever get out of a spiders web, when once 
in? Not very often, but sometimes when I see a poor 
fly caught and buzzing and struggling to get free, and 
the cruel spider so near to finish binding up and killing 
it, I take my finger and tear down the net, the spider 
runs away and the poor fly goes free. Just so, only 
always, when Jesus hears us pray to Him, He breaks the 
sticky webs of Satan and sets our souls free. 

But suppose some poor silly fly should say to me, 
" No, no, I won't have the web broken." 

Spiders have these big webs made all at once to catch 
the fly in, but Satan can only spin his web around us, one 
thread at a time,and he can't even do that unless we let 
him. I wish Charlie would come to me and let me put 
this thread around his wrists once. Now see if you can 
break it? Oh, how easily it snapped! This shows 



OUTLINES. 159 



how easy it is for children who haven't said " By-and- 
bye" so many times, to Jesus, to break through and 
come to Him. But now let me wind the thread around 
Charlie's wrists several times. This is the way it will be 
with us if we grow up without giving our hearts to Jesus. 
Satan has bound a great many folks just this way. Boys 
and girls, is he binding any of you ? Last winter Jesus 
said " Come ! " but perhaps you said " By-and-bve ! " 
Then again He said " come ! " and again you said " By- 
and-bye ! " And again, and again ! (Leader wind 
thread about the boy's hands once for every " By-and- 
bye.) Now, Charlie see if you can break the threads. 
You can't do it. They cut into your hands and hurt 
you, but you can't break them. How dreadful it would 
be if you could never get them off. Hadn't you better 
ask me to cut them for you ? See how quickly I do it. 
Now, shall we let Satan bind our souls by saying "By- 
and-bye," " By-and-bye," any more, when Jesus calls to 
us ? And shall we not ask Jesus to break the bands 
already around us, and help us to come to Him this very 
day? Let us pray.— By R. Used by per. of Dr. J.H. 
Vincent. 



Crowns. 



A Crown of Thorns (John 19: 2) was worn Dy 
Jesus that 

A Crown of loving kindness and tender mercy (Ps. 
103 : 4) may be worn by me. — B. F. J. 



160 CHIL DREA n S MEE TINGS. 

One Boy's Experience. 

(An Object Lesson.) 

Text: "Evil communications corrupt good manners;" or, keeping bad com- 
pany makes good children bad. 

Objects for illustration : i. A two ounce bottle two- 
thirds full of a strong solution of corrosive sublimate, 
prepared by any druggist. 2. Another bottle half-full 
of water in which has privately been dissolved a 
little potassium iodide ; and 3. Some of the beautiful 
white crystals of potassium iodide. Handle the chem- 
icals with care. Practice beforehand. Remember that 
corrosive sublimate is a deadly poison! Do not leave it 
carelessly standing about. 

I. The bad boy is represented by the poison; the 
good boy by the water. The one is a deadly poison, 
though he looks nice, don't show the evil on the outside- 
The good boy has been well brought up, attended Sun- 
day-school, never yet run into evil. But now he begins 
to go in company a little with the bad boy. 

II. The process of corrupting the good boy. 

1. He goes a little with the bad boy. (Pour a little 
of the poison into the bottle of water, holding it steadily. 
It is colored a little.) He is troubled a little by it at 
first. Then says : " Other boys go with him. I had 
some fun any way ! " So soon forgets his bad feelings. 
(Shake bottle, all clears up.) 

2. Now he plays truant from day-school. (Illustrate 
as before.) 

3. Now breaks Sabbath — disobeys his parents, 
swears, fights, goes to a saloon, steals, etc. (At each sin 



OUTLINES. 161 



add more poison, shaking the bottle to make it clear up, 
till the very last, when it will not clear.) Now the boy 
is thoroughly corrupt, does all bad things, is as bad as 
the bad boy. 

III. Process of reclaiming the prodigal. His heart 
is reached by the Spirit of God. He wants to turn, but 
is not quite ready. Reads the Word of God. Finds : 
"Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white 
as snow." 

1. He decides to leave bad company. (Set aside the 
bottle of poison.) Tries to make himself better (shake 
the bottle), but he can't. (It stays red.) 

2. Now he turns toward Christianity. (Add to the 
bottle a few of the white grains of the iodide, which rep- 
resents Christianity. Do not shake.) 

3. He goes back to a Sunday school, speaks the 
truth again, obeys his parents, begins to pray, etc. (As 
every good thing is mentioned, add a little of the iodide. 
Watch the bottom of the bottle closely till it begins to 
clear.) 

4. But the boy sees that this is not enough. The 
Spirit of God draws him, and now he gives his whole 
heart to God. (Here add a considerable of the iodide, 
and shake. The mixture clears, perfectly.) Do you 
remember the promise ? " Though your sins be as scarlet, 
they shall be as white as snow." 

IV. This which now represents the converted boy, 
is now, the doctors tell us, a medicine to do good to sick 
people — the poison is all gone. So the boy now does 
good to others — devotes his life to curing other sin-sick 
souls,— Rev. T. P. Marsh, 



162 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 

(Suggestive Programme.) 

A CHILDREN'S MEETING 

Will be held every Friday afternoon, at Four o'clock, for eight 
weeks, at the house of 



General Subject — Bible Children. 

Nov. 7. Cain, the First Baby. 

Nov. 14, Moses, the Adopted Child. 

Nov. 21. Samuel, the Prophet Child. 

Nov. 28. David, the Brave Boy. 

Dec. 5. The Missionary Maiden. 

Dec, 12. Daniel, The Temperance Boy. 

Dec. 1 9. Timothy, the Bible Student. 

Dec. 26. Jesus, the Saviour Child, 



"Jesus said: Suffer little children to come unto me, ana fot bid 
them not, for of such is the kingdom of God." 



LESSORS IN BRIEF. 



CHAPTER XV. 



LESSONS IN BRIEF, 



Gathered from Many Sources. 

A withered leaf tells how we all do fade — M. G. B. 
A ring" or circle may teach the endless duration of 
eternity. — M. G. B. 

A handful of withered grass, the frailty of our human 
lives. Ps. 90: 5. — R. 

A piece of bread may direct the starving soul to the 
all-satisfying Bread of Life.— M. G. B. 

A handful of chaff which a breath blows away, will 
illustrate the fleeting estate of the wicked. Ps. 1 : 4. — R. 




164 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 

A four-leaved clover may illustrate blessings which 
are all around our path, though so often unnoticed.- -C. 

A single thread, easily broken — many times doubled, 
impossible to break — may illustrate the power of habit. — 
Mr. Moody. 

A hair drawn from your head, may serve as a text for 
a sermon on the ever watchful love and care of our 
Father.— M. G. B. 




A bit of incense — some sweet-smelling drug — thrown 
on coals may illustrate how our prayers ascend before 
God. Rev. 5 : 8.— R. 

A glowing autumn leaf teaches that, the last hours of 
earthly life may be more gloriously beautiful than all that 
have gone before. — M. G. B. 

Put a disagreeable picture in a bottle. Does it show 
through? So if we put bad reading, stories, in our mind 
they will show out in our words, faces, actions. — Mrs. 
Crafts. 







LESSONS FN BRIEF. 165 

Luke 18: 9-14. Make 
figures before the children. 
Use something as follows: 
^ Here (No. 1) is where the 
Pharisee thought himself.'' 
Here (No. 2) is where God 
thought him. Here (No. 3) 
s where the Publican thought 
himself. Here (No. 4) is where 
God thought him."— D. R. B. 

A balance may teach the exact justice of God. Or 
may illustrate the moment of decision for Christ, by 
placing in one scale a heavy card labeled " God's Love." 
or "The love of Christ constraineth us." — R. 

Illustrate soul and body by case and works of a 
watch. Which is the real watch? Which the real 
child ? Need the watch stop going if the case were taken 
off and buried ? — R. 

A branch with drooping, withered leaves, may illus- 
trate how all the Christian's life is drawn from Christ — 
apart from Him we die, become useless, are cast out. 
John 15: 1-6. — R. 

The child not bent by b ad habits and asso cia- 
tions is like a straight pin. 

The boy taken in time can be 
bent back into straightness. 

The boy or girl of fourteen 
or sixteen, so bent by bad 
thoughts and habits— hard to straighten. — J. C. C« 




166 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 




Let each perpendicular line after "birth," mark ofiften 
years. Notice how difficulties in the way of conversion 
increase. — D. R. B 
Gates of Paradise. 

Shut to Adam because of sin. Gen. 3 : 24. 

Opened to Christ. Ps. 24 : 7. 

Opened to saints, cleansed from sin. Rev. 22 : 
Suppers. ["14, ( R -V.) 

The Gospel Supper. Luke 14: 16. 

The Marriage Supper. Rev. 19: 9. 

A sheet of tissue paper rolled up into a little ball 
may illustrate a single act of ours, which looks small, 
but will be found to be great when its influence is un- 
folded.— £>. D. E. C. 

A bit of shining .silver, teaspoon or napkin ring, in 
which children can See their faces, may illustrate how 
Jesus refines the hearts of His people till He can see His 
image there.— Mrs. Crafts. 



L£SSOA'S IA r BRIEF. 167 

An example in long division worked out before the 
class, with a mistake at the very first makes all the 
work wrong, though it looks right. The mistake of not 
choosing to be a Christian makes all the life wrong. — Mrs. 
Crafts. 

An example in addition and subtraction. Put in 
two columns "What Jesus gives," and "What the world 
gives." Acid the columns separately. One gives us 
" Eternal Life,' the other '• Altogether Vanity." Find the 
difference. — R. 

A brt of black paper cut in oblong shape and pasted 
by one edge on a foundation to swing like a door, may 
illustrate the door of death. But swing back the 
door and show gilt paper — symbol of glory — beneath 
the black. — Emma F. Parsons. 

Illustrate motive by main-spring of watch. If spring 
is wrong, hands go wrong. If heart is wrong, hands fight, 
steal, "get into mischief." To get watch right, take 
it to watch-maker, he made it. So to get hearts right, 
take to God. He made, can set in order. — T. P. Nisbett. 

A cocoon from which the butterfly has flown to flit 
joyously from flower to flower in the sunshine of the 
upper air, is a fit symbol of the body of the believer after 
temporal death— an empty casket, whose occupant soaring 
above, exults evermore in the light and love of the eternal 
world.— M. G. B. 

In the museum at Naples are loaves of bread from 
the ruins of Pompeii, with the maker's initials plainly seen 
stamped on them. The stamp was imprinted on the 
bread when it was soft, and will always remain. The 



168 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 

child's heart is like the loaf. If "Jesus * is stamped on it 
when young, it will never be effaced. — R. 

Josh. 4: 8-10. Let teacher prepare twelve stones, 
not too large to be handled, by painting on each the 
name of some of God's blessings to us, "Christ Jesus," 
"The Comforter," "The Bible," "Reason," "Home," 
" Friends," etc. Tell the Bible story, and then erect a 
monument with the stones before the class. — Mrs. Crafts. 

A mirror or bright metallic surface, reflecting in daz- 
zling brightness the rays of the sun, teaches how Christ- 
ians, the light of the world, shine by reflecting the light 
first received from the Sun of Righteousness. Move the 
reflector out of the sun, and teach that only while dwell- 
ing with Jesus and receiving light from Him, can anyone 
shine as a light in the world. — M. G. B. 

A child bound willingly to a chair, so that he cannot 
enter a pleasanter room, or go to a friend who calls him, 
may illustrate how Satan binds us, if we let him, and so 
keeps us out of heaven, and away from God. Then let 
the child call the strong friend to come~and unbind him, 
and so illustrate how God can break the bonds of the 
evil one. — R. 

Eph. 3:15. God's family. Large, rich, part in 
heaven, part here, do not all know each other but the 
Father knows all. All named after our Older Brother— 
Christ-ians. Call each other " brother," " sister." Des- 
cribe New England Thanksgiving day, with its home- 
gatherings, and by it illustrate the great Thanksgiving 
home-gathering in Heaven, by and by. Would you 
like to join the family ? — R. 



LESSOA'S IN BRIEF. 



169 



A Triangle may be frequently used in illustration. 
We give some examples : 



/ \ 


Illustration (not explana- 


/ GOD 


V 


tior 
the 


) of the Trinity. Make 
figure eauilateral. 


FATHER 












Symmetrical 


As 




v>^ 


Christian charac- 


f 






ter. Neither one 
or two sides will 
make a perfect 








\ triangle. — J, C. 


PRAYER 




Co 




FAITH 



I Cor. 13: 13. 
Foundation, Faith. 
" Greatest of these," 
Charity.— R. 



An autograph album will illustrate God's Book ol 
Life, where He writes the names of His friends. John 
15 : 14. I John 3: 22. Rev. 21 : 2J.— W, B. J. 



170 



CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 



CHRIST 




Matt. 17: 3. 

M. A. G. 



A charred and blackened stick with several white 
ones, may represent the effect of bad company. Rub 
the sticks together. The black one gets no whiter, but 
the white ones are blackened. — Knox P. Taylor. 

Or the same thing may be illustrated by a glass of 
pure water and a bottle of ink. A few drops of water 
in the ink make no particular difference, but a few drops 
of ink in the water darken it greatly. — C. 



Mark 10: 


46-52. 


BAKTIMEUS 


JESUS 


Sat begging. 
Heard. 
Cried out. 


Heard. 


Cried the more. 
Cast away garment 

(hindrance). 
Sprang up {Revised.) 
Came. 


"Stood still." 

Called. 

Listened. 


Asked. 
Received. 


Answered. 


Followed. 





LESSOA'S IN BRIEF. 



171 



Leader prepare ten hands cut from paper, (see pattern, 
page 175) and on each write subject and reference as 
given below. These are to be given to the children, and 
read in order. 

Eve's disobedient hands. 
Adam's stealing hands. 
Jeroboam's idol-making 

1 2 : 2-8-30, and 13:4. 
Sabbath-breaking hands. 
Drunkard-making hands. 
Herod's murderous hands. Matt. 2 : 16. 
Pilate's hands. Matt. 27 : 24. 
Paul's persecuting hands. Acts 26: 9-12. 
Clean hands. Ps. 2454. 

Jesus' hands. Matt. 8:3; Mark 5 : 41 ; Mark 
8:23; J onn 20 : 2 5 and 27 ; Luke 24 : 50. 
Mrs. W. F. Crafts. 



3 



Gen. 3 : 2-6 
Gen. 3 : 6. 
hands. I Kings 

Neh. 13: 15-19. 
Hab. 2:15. 



172 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 



CHAPTER XVI. 
PATTERN PAGES AND MUSIC 

Note. — The following plates are intended to furnish 
patterns from which "Symbol Gifts" can be cut for the 
children. Place thin paper over the pattern of the object 
you wish to use and mark the outline in pencil. Cut 
this out and transfer to stiffer paper. Now, by placing this 
stiff pattern on four or six thicknesses of common writ- 
ing paper firmly held, a large number of "symbols" can 
be easily and quickly cut. For more durable work, cut 
them, one by one, out of cardboard, or with a scroll saw 
have them sawed out of thin sheets of wood. 

Use any text, motto, or device that may seem desir- 
able. But when many are given, in large meetings, the 
labor of writing even a text on each is great. Some 
" symbols " may furnish a subject for a whole lesson. (See 
lesson on The Hand, p. 154.) 

The outlines of Temple Furniture (kindly furnished 
by Miss Emma Wright) are intended to be studied to- 
gether. In making outline, cut around the outer mark 
only, and fill in, if your time will permit, with pencil. It 
will be found not desirable to give symbols too often. 

The Twenty-five Pages of Music will be found simple, 
but standard; and, we hope, will supply a long felt want. 



PATTERN PAGE. 173 




KEY. TRUMPET. STAFF. 



174 



CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 



NEW HEART 
WILL I GIVE 
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HEART, LAMB. 



PATTERN PAGE 



175 




HAND. LADDER. 



176 



CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 




ANCIENT LAMP. SICKLE. 



PATTERN PAGE 




CROWN OF THORNS. BOAT. 



178 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 




GLAD TIDINGS. 



PATTERN PAGE. 



179 




CROSS. SWORD. COCK. 



180 CHILDREN ' S MEE TINGS. 




ALTAR OF BURNT OFFERING, 



PATTERN PAGE. 



181 




ARK OF TTIE COVENANT. 



182 CHILDREN'S MEETINGS. 




LAVER. TABLE OF SHEW-BREAD. GOLDEN ALTAR AND 
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SAILING O'ER THE SEA. 



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ANGRY WORDS. 



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LITTLE TRAVELERS ZION-WARD. 



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THE ROYAL PROCLAMATION. 



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Pub - lish-ing to ev - »ry crea-ture To the ru - ined 

2. See the roy -al ban - ner fly - ing, Hear the her - aids 
"Re - bel sin-ners, roy - al fa - vor, Now is of-fer'd 

3. Here is wine and milk and hon - ey, Come and pur-chase 
Mer - cy flow-ing from a foun - tain Stream-ing from the 

4. Shout ye saints. make joy - ful men - tion, Christ has pur-chased 
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PRAYER FOR CLOSING. 



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Thompson, with an Introduction by Rev. A. E. Kittredge, D. D. 
Sixth thousand, enlarged and revised. 

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without power for good, and you are anxious to know how to make it 
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May Christians Dance? By James H. Brookes, D. D. 

144 pp., i6mo, 25 cents. Cloth, 50 cents. 

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Notes and Suggestions for Bible Readings. By S. R. Briggs 
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six hundred Bible Readings and Bible Studies by some of the most 
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262 pages, large i2mo, with complete index. Paper cover, 50c. 
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Tinted covers, 20c; cloth, limp, 40c. 

How to be Saved, or the Sinner Directed to the Savior. 
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120 pp., paper, 25 cents. Cloth, 50 cents. 

Life and Light. By an Evangelist. A book for anxious ones and 
young converts. 

Second edition, revised and enlarged. 124 pp., i6mo, 25 cents. 
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Notes by. C. H. M. — Genesis, 75c. ; Exodus, 75c. ; Leviticus, 
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